Author: Amy Ralston

Amy Ralston Povah is a clemency recipient under President Clinton, an award winning filmmaker, and founder of the CAN-DO Foundation.

Wilfredo Barrios – Life Without Parole

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Wilfredo Barrios is Serving LIFE for Drugs – Please sign his Change.org petition

Name: Wilfredo Barrios #: 21080-112
DOB: 4/16/63
Age: 57
Race: Hispanic
Raised: in Guatemala until he was 18 years old when he arrived in the United States… Read the rest

Piotr Misiolek – 1st offense – 45 years for MDMA

Name: Piotr (Peter) Misiolek #21155-424
DOB: Oct. 19,1973
Race: white
Raised: Debica Poland from birth to 17yrs, then Chicago, IL from 17 years to date.
Tried:  Northern District of Ill.
Will live: Debica, Poland (after deportation)
Charges: Conspiracy to distribute … Read the rest

Sanford Johnson – 12.5 Years for Marijuana

Name: Sanford Eugene Johnson, III, #25702-017
DOB: February 18
Race: White.
Raised: Pensacola, Florida.
Tried:  Northern District of Florida.
Will live: Pensacola, Florida.
Charges: 21 USC 841-Conspiracy to distribute marijuana; 18 USC 1956-Conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Trial or plea: Read the rest

Blake Stover – 60 years – meth and powder cocaine.

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Please sign Blake’s petition on change.org

Name: Blake Hankins Stover #14586064
DOB: 9/8/1960
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
Age: 63
Children: One
Charge: Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine, … Read the rest

Travis Longoria – 10 Years for Marijuana Conspiracy

Name: Travis Longoria, Reg. #48463-177
DOB: June 19
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Brownfield, Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Brownfield, Texas
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana (21 USC § 841(1)(1) & § 846)
Trial or plea: Went … Read the rest

Joseph Akers – 16.5 Years for CONSPIRACY to Distribute Marijuana & Money Laundering

Name: Joseph Akers, Reg. #65108-066
DOB: July 29
Race: Black/Muslim
Raised: North Philadelphia, PA
Tried:  Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Will live: Limerick, PA
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana (21 USC § 841(a)(1)(A)); Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering (18 USC 1956)… Read the rest

Donald Fugitt – 1st time offender – 11 years 6 months for Marijuana NOW FREE!

Congrats to Donald Fugitt and his family, especially mom Carla Lunceford who called and was overjoyed that
her son, Donald finally got his 1/2 house date – June 1st – here he comes.  More families being reunited is a blessing … Read the rest

Shawn Leo Barth – 26.8 Years for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Name: Shawn Leo Barth, Reg. #08470-059
DOB: December 13, 1970.
Race: White.
Raised: Bismarck, ND.
Tried:  District of North Dakota.
Will live: Mandan, ND.
Charges: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine – (21 USC § 841(a)(1) & 846; … Read the rest

Jason Brant Gregg – 1st offense – 15 Years for Marijuana

Name: Jason Brant Gregg, Reg. #17151-111
DOB: April 3
Race: White
Raised: Willits, CA
Tried:  Southern District of Iowa
Will live: Redwood Valley, CA
Charges: 21 USC 846, 841(b)(1)(B)-Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, & possess with intent to distribute 100 kilos/more … Read the rest

Dr. Johnny Trotter – First Offender – 15 years

 Name: Johnny Ray Trotter
DOB:  June 18, 1975
Age: 45
Race: African American
Raised: Bloomfield, Michigan
Will live: Bloomfield, Michigan
Indicted: May 8, 2014 in the Eastern District of Michigan
Trial or plea: Went to trial
Charge: Count 1 Health … Read the rest

Cornelius Berry – 15 Years for Marijuana Conspiracy

Name: Cornelius Lynn Berry, Reg. #26251-078
DOB: March 31
Race: Black
Raised: Tyler, Texas
Tried:  Eastern District of Texas
Will live: Desoto, Texas
Charges: 21 USC 846-Conspiracy to Possess & Distribute Marijuana.
Trial or plea: Guilty Plea
Sentenced on: January … Read the rest

Alejandro Garcia Salinas – 30 years for a Nonviolent Drug Conspiracy

Name: Alejandro Garcia Salinas, Reg. #21764-279
DOB: June 20
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Fort Worth Texas if not deported.  If deported, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana & Cocaine. (21 USC … Read the rest

Charles Scott – 51 years

Sign and share Charles’s Change petition seeking support for clemency:

charles-scott_fullName: Charles Scott #05917-028
Race: African American
Marital Status: Single
Age: 46
Children: 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 1 grandson
State raised: Indiana
State charged: Indiana
Will release: Indianapolis, Indiana
Charge: Conspiracy … Read the rest

CAN-DO and Rachel Hanson in Wall Street Journal on Biden’s clemency spree

WASHINGTON—President Biden on Tuesday granted his first pardons and commutations to 78     people convicted mostly of nonviolent drug offenses, part of a broader White House effort to address inequities in … Read the rest

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