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FAMM Reacts to Justice Department Report: Pardon Attorney Acted Improperly in Aaron Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date:  December 18, 2012 Contact:  Monica Pratt Raffanel, mpratt@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM President Julie Stewart today said she felt “maddened but validated” by a report confirming serious misconduct by the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA) in its handling of the clemency request of federal prisoner Clarence Aaron, a first-time, nonviolent drug offender serving life without parole.  The report, issued by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, concludes that current pardon attorney Ronald L. Rodgers engaged in “conduct

FROM FEDERAL PRISONER TO GEORGIA LAWYER: CLEMENCY RECIPIENT SERENA NUNN SHOWS THE VALUE OF SECOND CHANCES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  DATE: November 3, 2012 CONTACT: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org ATLANTA – When she was 19 years-old, Serena Nunn was arrested and later convicted as a minor participant in a drug conspiracy and received a 15-year federal mandatory minimum prison sentence, despite being a first-time, nonviolent offender.  In 2000, after serving 11 years behind bars, Serena’s sentence was commuted by President William J. Clinton and she was given a rare second chance at freedom. The governor of Minnesota, where Serena had been raised, and the sentencing judge, supported

15 Law Professors Call on Senate to Investigate Office of Pardon Attorney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 26, 2012 Contact:  Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a group of 15 leading constitutional and sentencing law academics and law professors issued a letter  asking Senate Judiciary Committee leaders to hold a hearing to investigate allegations of misconduct by the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA). In particular, the letter asks the committee to examine current pardon attorney Ronald Rodgers’ alleged “withholding of

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

Dozens of Criminal Justice, Religious, and Civil Rights Groups Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Investigate Pardon Attorney Office

Letter Follows Disturbing Revelations About Handling of Clemency PetitionsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2012Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, media@famm.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM today released a letter signed by more than three dozen criminal justice reform, religious and civil rights organizations urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the Office of Pardon Attorney (OPA) at the U.S. Department of Justice. FAMM first called for a congressional investigation last week. According to FAMM President Julie Stewart, “The letter sent today demonstrates that this story is

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

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