WECDA

11/08/2023

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Ms. Ann has passed. She was called home on 11/6/23, her birthday. She was an amazing woman and will truly be missed. If you knew her, then you know she would not want you to be sad or grief-stricken. She would want you to celebrate her life, her name, and her beliefs. Here is to a life well lived. I love you, Mom, forever and always!

01/11/2023

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12/31/2022

Very few pardons, forgiveness and clearing of past offenses, generally applied for and granted years after release.
Waiting for some clemency grants which are reductions of sentence while still incarcerated.
Both handled through the Pardon Attorney's office to the President.…

12/30/2022

A real truth!

The Bureau of Prisons has a history of having the policies it needs to implement criminal justice reform but it is unable, or unwilling, to follow through on them without intervention. A Federal Public Defender in Oregon has some ideas that will make the Agency better.

12/23/2022

Merrick Garland’s recent memo was an important first step, but only Congress can fully end the sentencing disparities.

12/22/2022

We remain hopeful of the process under the new Director will move along. Some applicants are pending for several years.

Across the U.S., people in prison are hoping for compassion — and clemency — allowing them to rejoin their loved ones.

12/19/2022

Although I was ill with that horrible crud these past eight weeks, wecda had a very good year. six compassionate release motions granted, two regular 3582 motions, two CAT, Convention Against Torture applications, praying each day for the grant of a few Clemencies. God is in his kingdom ans listening to us.

12/17/2022

It is about time. Many longtimers will be affected by this. Now, if we can get approximately 120 Clemency Petitions granted for Christmas!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland moved Friday to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of co***ne and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system. For decades federal law has imposed harsher sentences for crack co***ne even tho...

12/14/2022

If so, it is way past time to do it.

Senators are scrambling to negotiate a last-minute deal on crack co***ne sentencing reform. Current federal law punishes convictions for crack ...

12/09/2022

Pass the Equal Act!!

Too many are waiting!

12/06/2022

Incarcerated organizers are still in fight mode against lethal COVID policies.

11/21/2022

Kudos to him. An excellent example of reaching back. n ex

Derrick Hamilton, deputy director of Cardozo School of Law's Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, studied law while in prison and won his own exoneration after serving a 21-year sentence. Today, he hopes to make big changes in the justice system to ensure others don't need to do the same.