Name: Patricia Aruda — Currently Free on CARES Act but still needs clemency
DOB: February 12
Race: White
Raised: Wailuku, Mai, Hawaii
Tried: District of Hawaii
Will live: Maui, Hawaii
Charges: 21 USC 841(a)(1) & 841 (b)(1)(A).
Sentenced on: December … Read the rest
Name: Cheryl Singleton, Reg. #69550-019
DOB: July 19
Race: Black
Raised: Brunswick, GA
Tried: Northern District of Georgia
Will live: Atlanta, GA
Charges: 18 USC 1343 – Wire Fraud.
Sentenced on: January 31, 2017
Priors: None – First Time … Read the rest
Name: Charlotte Nicole O’Neal, Reg. #36590-180
DOB: May 20
Race: White.
Raised: Houston, Texas.
Tried: Western District of Texas.
Will live: Waco, Texas.
Charges: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine – (21 USC § 841(a)(1) & … Read the rest
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
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
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
Huge thanks to Steven Nelson who quoted many of our pot prisoners in the following article, including, Pedro Moreno, Luke Scarmazzo, Donald Fugitt, Lance Gloor, and Michael Pelletier
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 4/20 cannabis holiday, federal … Read the rest
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following three individuals:
We are excited that Rachel was released on CARES Act on August 9, 2021 and was called in by her case worker at the halfway house to fill out a clemency petition because she meets Biden’s criteria as someone who … Read the rest
Name: Jose Cavazos, Reg. #48293-177
DOB: June 21, 1963
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Abilene, Texas
Tried: Northern District of Texas
Will live: Amarillo, Texas
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana
Trial or plea: Went to Trial.
Sentenced on: June 2015… Read the rest
Brian Foster was released from prison nearly a year ago under the CARES Act, a government policy that prioritized the use of home
The Biden administration has begun asking former inmates confined at home because of the pandemic to formally submit commutation applications, criminal justice reform advocates and one inmate herself tell POLITICO.… Read the rest
Ismael Lira grew up in
Link below to an interview between Rev Al Sharpton and Amy Ralston Povah discussing the current state of affairs regarding the CARES Act and why the criminal justice reform community is up in arms about CARES Act prisoners left in … Read the rest
DIANA MARQUEZ HAS spent the last 14 months going on long walks, hitting the treadmill, and cooking with her daughter. She’s gotten to know her grandson, a fourth grader, helping him with his math homework. She has also lived with
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Cheryl Ward Secretary
Pat Williams Treasurer
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