Felony Friday 065 - Amy Povah from Convicted Conspirator to Clemency Crusader

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🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today the founder of the CAN-DO Foundation, Amy Povah, joins Felony Friday to share her remarkable story. The CAN-DO Foundation is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation that advocates clemency for all non-violent drug offenders. When Amy was 28 years old, she was convicted on a conspiracy charge and received a 24 year sentence. She received such a harsh sentence due to the fact that she refused to cooperate with federal officials who were attempting to infiltrate her then husband’s massive ecstasy distribution ring. Amy never stopped fighting for her freedom after imprisonment. She attracted the attention of several media outlets and started a massive letter writing campaign, which led seventeen members of the House and Senate to write letters in support of Amy’s clemency. Justice prevailed when President Clinton granted Amy’s clemency on July 7th, 2000 and she was [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.9	Welcome to Felony Friday, a presentation of the Lions of Liberty podcast.
1:05.6	Here is your host, John Otermat.
1:11.7	Felons, friends, and freedom lovers, thank you for joining me once again for another edition of Felony Friday right here on the Lions of Liberty podcast. Felony Friday is the show where I focus
1:18.8	each and every week on exposing injustice in the broken criminal justice system. This show is one of
1:25.6	three weekly shows here at Lions of Liberty, so be sure to
1:29.3	subscribe on iTunes and make sure you don't miss a single episode. My guest today on episode
1:36.5	number 65 of Felony Friday is Amy Pova. You'll be able to find the show notes page for
1:42.8	this episode with links and notes to everything
1:45.9	that we're going to talk about today at Lions of Liberty.com slash FF65.
1:52.5	Amy Pova is the founder of the Can Do Foundation. The Can Do Foundation is a 501C3 nonprofit foundation
1:59.8	that advocates clemency for all nonviolent drug offenders.
2:04.3	When Amy was 28 years old, she received a 24-year sentence, partly due to the fact that she refused to
2:10.9	cooperate with federal officials who were attempting to infiltrate her then-husband's ecstasy distribution ring.
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