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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 15 - August 2000

< Dedication
 
< Judge Shubb Turns a Deaf Ear to Whistle Blowers, Shumate Case Dismissed
 
< Homophobia and Nepotism Behind Prison Walls
 
< Legal Corner: Parole--Will we ever get out?
 
< Editorial: California's Parole System -- Cruel and Illegal!
 
< Look for the Light
 
< National Day of Protest - Prison Reform Unity Project, PRUP 2000
 
< Rattle the Cage
 
< Making Success Impossible: Hardships for the Paroling Mother
 
< Women Granted Clemency
 
< Responses to The Fire Inside from Men Prisoners
 
< San Diego California Coalition for Women Prisoners
 
< Unite and Write-Stop Whining!
 
< All that can be
 
< It's Your Health: Dealing with anger
 
< Lovin' in the Trees
 
< Parole Theresa Cruz on September 20!
 
< State Sanctioned Lynching: the Execution of Shaka Sankofa
 
< Scanner 1000
 
       

Women Granted Clemency

In July, Amy Pofahl, Serena Nunn, Louise House and Shawndra Mills, all serving long sentences on drug charges, were granted clemency by President Clinton. The Fire Inside sees this as an as an important step forward in the fight to release all women with severe, disproportionate sentences because mandatory minimums and conspiracy laws punish them for their personal connection with men involved in the drug trade.

Last updated August 19, 2003 12:22 PM


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