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FAMM “Very Encouraged” About Obama Administration’s Response to Pardon Office Criticism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate:  July 18, 2012Contact: media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM President Julie Stewart today said she was “very encouraged” after a news story revealed that the Obama administration is reviewing the broken process for obtaining federal clemency. According to the story  by ProPublica investigative reporter Dafna Linzer, “Officials said there has been growing interest inside the White House for reforming the pardon process, specifically how recommendations are made to the

Former Commutation Recipients Ask President to Investigate Pardon Attorney Office

Request Follows Appeal for Congressional Investigation of OfficeFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2012 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of 16 formerly incarcerated people who received sentence commutations from Presidents William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama sent a letter today urging President Obama “to investigate credible claims of serious misconduct against the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA) in the Department of Justice (DOJ).” The group also asked the president to use his authority to grant more

Clemency: Hit or Miss Justice

Investigative Journalist, Former Federal Prisoners and FAMM Speak Out on May 24PRESS ADVISORY WHAT: On Thursday, May 24, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) will host “Clemency: Hit or Miss Justice,” a panel discussion that will delve into the latest disturbing investigative article from ProPublica and The Washington Post about the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s (OPA) mishandling of federal prisoners’ requests for sentence commutations. ProPublica has documented how the Pardon Attorney’s office misrepresented the facts in Clarence Aaron’s commutation

FAMM Calls for Congressional Review of Office of the U.S. Pardon Attorney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2012Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Julie Stewart, FAMM’s president and founder, issued the following statement in reaction to the latest disturbing investigative article  from ProPublica and The Washington Post about the handling of requests for sentence commutations by federal prisoners at the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA): “This report is extremely

FAMM Commends President Obama for Exercising Clemency Power

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 21, 2011Contact: Molly Gill or Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) applauds President Obama for commuting the federal prison sentence of FAMM member Eugenia Jennings today, and for pardoning five others. Julie Stewart, president and founder of FAMM, issued the following statement in response to today’s news: “Eugenia Jennings’s 22-year sentence for her nonviolent offense was over-kill.  Today, President Obama rights that wrong and we are grateful to him.  We urge the

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