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Andrea James, founder and executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, addresses the crowd at the FreeHer march in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 2024. Still taken from video by TRNN
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Highlighting the cases of Michelle West and other incarcerated mothers, the FreeHer march called on Biden to use his clemency power to live up to past broken promises to help release incarcerated women.

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