CAN-DO Articles, Interviews and Publications
Three informative articles were published this week that focused on conspiracy laws which has been part of the CAN-DO mission statement. All three articles went live over the course of seven days, as follows:
FIRST ARTICLE in Reason: by Lauren … Read the rest
Amy Povah started CAN-DO to not only promote and spotlight people seeking clemency, she included her 
desire to educate the public about the conspiracy law in the CAN-DO mission statement. It hasn’t been easy because reporters typically have never heard … Read the rest
CAN-DO was tasked with the almost impossible job of creating a film for the events surrounding the White House Briefing on Life After Clemency. CAN-DO and Harm Reduction Productions teamed up with Earthstream Media to produce a video of … Read the rest
BBC reporter Jessica Lussenhop contacted the CAN-DO Foundation seeking insight to worked together for over a year after Jessica contacted CAN0DO seeking a connection to clemency applicants. Jessica wanted to communicate with several prisoners over the course of many months … Read the rest
CAN-DO Founder, Amy Ralston Povah was squirming in her seat during the White House convening on Women in Prison on 3/30/2016 because she had just dropped off her dear friend, Angie Jenkins, who she’d served time with at FCI Dublin … Read the rest
Alice Marie Johnson is #1 on the Top 25 Women Who Deserve Clemency
Alice Marie Johnson has been in prison for 20 years, serving a life sentence without parole for a non-violent drug crime. The 60-year-old mother was sentenced in … Read the rest
CAN-DO Founder and President, Amy Ralston Povah has had a busy November – first attending the Koch Institute’s Advancing Justice Summit in New Orleans from Nov. 3rd – 8th and more recently attending the Drug Policy Alliance’s conference in Washington … Read the rest
Comprehensive article by Victoria Law in WagingNonviolence.org about Amendment 782. Oct. 12, 2015
On October 6, the Justice Department announced that nearly 6,000 people in federal prisons will be going home early. The move, U.S. officials told the Washington Post, … Read the rest
Obama Just Granted Clemency to a Pot Lifer. But Dozens More Remain Behind Bars.
“We have many senior citizens who have already served decades for marijuana-only crimes that are being ignored.”
By Bryan Schatz | Wed Jul. 15, 2015 4:40 … Read the rest
CAN-DO President Amy Povah was interviewed by Buzz Feed and is quoted in the following article, as are two members of the CAN-DO Advisory Board, Dennis Cauchon, founder of The Clemency Report and Beth Curtis, founder of Life For Pot:… Read the rest
The ruling might as well have said “Justice Denied.”
Paul Free, serving a sentence of life without parole for a nonviolent marijuana conspiracy offense he says he can prove he did not commit, is used to such … Read the rest
By Amy Ralston Povah
Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Instead of sleepwalking through the obligatory turkey “pardon” on the White House Lawn this year, I wish President Obama would grant … Read the rest
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