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CAN-DO urges Trump to grant Marks clemency

Chad Marks has the support of the CAN-DO Clemency Foundation in his bid for clemency from President Trump.

By Bob Pepalis | May 11, 2020

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Clemency supporter backs Muhadith's' bid for freedom

Amir Muhadith, formerly Chauncey Hawkins, a 45-year-old inmate in federal prison in South Carolina is deserving of clemency, says U.S. prison reform activist and former inmate Alice Marie Johnson.

By April Bamburg | Apr 7, 2020

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Chad Marks deserves clemency from President Trump, says CAN-DO Foundation

By April Bamburg | Apr 6, 2020

Since President Donald Trump granted clemency to a handful of federal inmates, criminal justice advocates continue raising awareness of other inmates deserving of clemency. Chad Marks, having served 17 years of a 40-year sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and two possession of weapons convictions, deserves clemency, say his family and friends, CAN-DO Foundation, and his sentencing judge.

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New York and New Jersey utilities will not cut service for nonpayment during coronavirus crisis

By April Bamburg | Mar 23, 2020

Residents of New York and New Jersey have one less thing to worry about, because both states have agreed that utility companies will not be allowed to shut off service for nonpayment during the coronavirus emergency.