FREE JOANNE MARCHETTI

The Issue

After 21 years, Joanne Marchetti has been found suitable for parole. The California Board of Parole Hearings agreed that she poses no threat to public safety and is ready to resume life as a productive member of the community.


Joanne has worked to transform herself during her incarceration to help those around her is living proof of her genuine eagerness and enthusiasm to make a positive difference. I urge you to uphold her release on parole.

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S bPetition StarterSIN BY SILENCE offers a unique gateway into the lives of domestic violence’s living worst-case-scenarios...women who have killed their abusers. In 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse was created by inmate Brenda Clubine to help abused women speak out and realize they are not alone. Over the past two decades, the women of CWAA have changed laws for battered women and raised awareness for those on the outside. SIN BY SILENCE tells the personal and shocking stories of these strong women who have learned from their past and are changing their future.
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The Issue

After 21 years, Joanne Marchetti has been found suitable for parole. The California Board of Parole Hearings agreed that she poses no threat to public safety and is ready to resume life as a productive member of the community.


Joanne has worked to transform herself during her incarceration to help those around her is living proof of her genuine eagerness and enthusiasm to make a positive difference. I urge you to uphold her release on parole.

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S bPetition StarterSIN BY SILENCE offers a unique gateway into the lives of domestic violence’s living worst-case-scenarios...women who have killed their abusers. In 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse was created by inmate Brenda Clubine to help abused women speak out and realize they are not alone. Over the past two decades, the women of CWAA have changed laws for battered women and raised awareness for those on the outside. SIN BY SILENCE tells the personal and shocking stories of these strong women who have learned from their past and are changing their future.
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Petition created on August 24, 2011