CAN-DO Individuals who are now free. These people either completed their sentence or received clemency.
CAN-DO NEWS FLASH
BARBARA SCRIVNER RECEIVED CLEMENCY FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
Although it’s LONG OVERDUE – we could not be happier to hear that someone so deserving was finally rewarded with leniency after serving 21 years!
Today, the Associated Press reported … Read the rest
Billy Dekle has called several times since his release, the last time was on February 29th
to talk about his half-way house woes. We remember the days when clemency recipients did … Read the rest
Gracie sent Amy Povah with CAN-DO this message: PRIASE GOD.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS JUST NOTIFIED THAT I AM ON THE LIST OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S. THE ONLY STIPULATION IS THAT I HAVE TO DO RDAP OR AT LEAST SIGNED UP BY 8/11/18… Read the rest
Congrats to Crystal Munoz and her husband Ricky Munoz – Mission Accomplished!!!
Crystal Munoz #79319-180
DOB: 06-19-1979
Age: 40
Children: 2 daughters
Race: Native American (Navajo)
Charge: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana… Read the rest
Congratulations to Mary Ziman – she is finally free. Her son Corey picked her up from FCI Greenville and here are the photos of her happy freedom day!
She had been hospitalized several times, blind in one eye – losing … Read the rest
CAN-DO received a phone call from Rudy Valdez, Cindy’s brother that his sister received clemency this morning(11/22/2016) – before the list was released. We are elated because we have been communicating with Rudy and Cindy for many years now – … Read the rest
Congratulations to Mandy Martinson who received clemency from a 15 year sentence!
Mandy Martinson
Age: 37
Charge: Conspiracy to Distribute Meth
Priors: First Offense
Sentence: 15 years
Served: 12 years
Sentenced: 2005
Release Date: 10/21/2017 – due for release to … Read the rest
He is NOW FREE and HOME with his loved ones!
John Knock #11150-017
First time offender
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Raised: Nebraska
Tried: Florida
Will live: Philadelphia
Offense: Conspiracy to import, Conspiracy … Read the rest
Irma was released on Oct 30th and moved to Corpus Christi, Texas to live with her family. Thanks to Drugs Minus Two, she got 70 months taken off her 30 year sentence.
Irma Alred is NOW FREE and called Amy … Read the rest
Angie Jenkins, #10 on the Top 25 Women Received Clemency on 12/18/2015. We are so happy for Angie and her family. Angie was featured in this article in Truth Out.org on 9/11/2015 entitled: Mothers Serving Long-Term Drug Sentences Call for … Read the rest
Lori Kavitz called CANDO from the airport in Orlando on May 16, 2018 – her freedom day!
Sent. Judge Mark Bennett supports Lori’s clemency
Lori Kavitz 02310-029
DOB: 10/15/58
Race: White
Children: 2 sons, 3 grandchildren
Charge: Conspiracy to Distribute … Read the rest
Pauline Blake – #15 on the CAN-DO Top 25 Women, received CLEMENCY from President Obama on August 3, 2016.
On Sept. 1st, Milena Nelson Blake of the Stanford Project picked Pauline up, took her shopping and then took her to … Read the rest
Congratulations to Lavonne Roach who is NOW FREE! We met up in Las Vegas for a huge hug and to celebrate with her amazing daughter Clarissa who worked hard to help bring her mother home.
Lavonne Roach 10431-073
Age: 56… Read the rest
Sadly, Barbra Scrivner passed away and is no longer with us. She passed in January of 2019. Amy Povah and Barbra served time together at FCI Dublin. Amy and Barbra stayed in touch from the time Amy left prison after … Read the rest
Vicki Flanagan
Vicki Flanagan owned a successful accounting firm with 40 employees called Flanagan & Co. in Columbus, Georgia. Her problems began when her firm became the accountants for a rural, 40-bed hospital in Glenwood, Georgia known as Wheeler County … Read the rest
Amy Ralston Povah Founder
Alaine Lowell Senior Vice President
Anrica Caldwell Vice President
Cheryl Ward Secretary
Pat Williams Treasurer
Malik King Prison Outreach Coordinator
Maurenne Griese Program Director
Karen Dickson-Morrison Research Director
Lisa Jacobi Administrative Assistant
