AdvertisementAfter Hope For Early Release, Prisoners' Applications Stuck In LimboJuly 28, 2015Carrie JohnsonMatt OzugfacebookEmailDana Bowerman's lifelong best friend Michelle Elliott holds a photograph of the two together. Bowerman is serving a nearly 20-year sentence for federal drug conspiracy charges. She was holding out hope for clemency for nonviolent drug offenders but it is unlikely that she will receive an early release date. (NPR)