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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - Stephanie Shepard, a former Sacramento resident, is leading the charge to raise awareness about disproportionate cannabis sentencing across the country, with the Last Prisoner Project and the Release Papers campaign.

The first of its kind, The Hapeville Hemp Festival™ will focus on showcasing black and brown-owned hemp, CBD, and cannabis-focused businesses in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Emptiness, pain, suffering and brokenness are four words the Rev. Terrell Scott, pastor of Passion-Life Church in McDonough, Georgia, uses to describe his memories of being the 15-year-old leader of a criminal gang. 

Emptiness, pain, suffering and brokenness are four words the Rev. Terrell Scott, pastor of Passion-Life Church in McDonough, Georgia, uses to describe his memories of being the 15-year-old leader of a criminal gang. 

Emptiness, pain, suffering and brokenness are four words the Rev. Terrell Scott, pastor of Passion-Life Church in McDonough, Georgia, uses to describe his memories of being the 15-year-old leader of a criminal gang. 

Family of Dallas resident excited for his release after sentence commuted by former President Trump Ferrell Scott, now 58 years old, was included in former President Donald Trump’s list of 143 pardons and commutations. Author: Ariel Plasencia Updated: 6:15 PM CST January 20, 2021 DALLAS — Skyler Scott hasn’t seen his dad in 13 years. “Its been a missing piece,” Skyler Scott, 29, said. “Ive been waiting to put the puzzle back together. And I can do tha...

Leading Off (1/21/21) Get your walk in early today. Things wont get prettier. By Kathy Wise Published in FrontBurner January 21, 2021 5:30 am In One of His Last Presidential Acts, Trump Commutes Sentences for Dallas Attorney’s Two Clients. Brittany K. Barnett, a former corporate attorney with Winstead and former associate general counsel with Orix, co-founded The Buried Alive Project to obtain clemency for nonviolent drug offenders who have been sentenced to life without parole under outdate...

Brittany K. Barnett is dedicating her career to helping free people from what she calls 'living death sentences' issued under outdated drug laws.

Kwame Kilpatrick, Lil’ Wayne Among Dozens To Win Clemency Or Pardon From Trump on Last Day In Office Share email Kwame Kilpatrick, Lil’ Wayne Among Dozens To Win Clemency Or Pardon From Trump on Last Day In Office The former Detroit mayor and the rapper were part of a lengthy list of people the outgoing president chose to free from the criminal justice system Published January 20th Donald Trump, in his last hours as president, commuted...

Brittany K. Barnett is dedicating her career to helping free people from what she calls 'living death sentences' issued under outdated drug laws.