Jeff Mizanskey received a commutation from Missouri Governor Nixon. In Missouri, this means that he can now recieve parole from the Missouri Parole Board. Let's hope they act with due speed. Jeff Mizanskey has been on featured on the web site Life for Pot. He is listed with some other nonviolent marijuana inmates who need commutations so they won't spent the rest of their lives in state prisons.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
Former U.S. Pardon Attorney Blasts Process / Project
As we become more and more concerned about the success of Clemency Project 2014, I thought I'd share this video provided by PS Ruckman over at Pardon Power.
We are now into the 17th month after the launching of the promise of sentencing relief for the army of federal nonviolent citizens serving egregiously long sentences.
Since I concern myself with those unfortunate offenders who were charged with conspiracy for nonviolent marijuana offenses, hope rests with the discovery of mercy, compassion and justice within the Executive Branch.
As I look at all nonviolent drug offenders with life sentences or defacto life - an obvious pattern begins to emerge. These sentences are not given because of the nature of these offenders actions, but because of the prosecutors charging decisions. It could not be a coincidence that these offenders were almost all charged with conspiracy - the easiest charge to prosecute with the slimmest amount of evidence and they all elected to exercise their 6th Amendment Right to Trial.
Had these two circumstances been part of their case, they would most certainly have been released long ago.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Obama's 64 Pardons and 43 Commutations in Context
This useful chart is from PS Ruckman at his Pardon Power blog
Obama's 64 Pardons and 43 Commutations in Context
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Life For Pot - Online
Click the link on Life for Pot. Darrell Hayden was granted a Commutation today by President Barack Obama.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
This is what freedom looks like
Take a Look at The Clemency Report and See the Great Stories about Sentencing Relief
This is what freedom looks like
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
16 Percent of Federal Prison Population to Obama: Set Us Free!
Piece from PS Ruckman's Blog - Pardon Power
16 Percent of Federal Prison Population to Obama: Set Us Free!
16 Percent of Federal Prison Population to Obama: Set Us Free!
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
This is John Knock my brother. He is a wonderful man with wit and humor. We miss him in our daily lives and are asking that President Obama grant him Clemency as a first time marijuana offender who received a sentence of Life without Parole for marijuana.
https://www.change.org/p/grant-clemency-to-john-knock-life-in-prison-for-marijuana
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Life in Prison for Pot? As Laws Ease, Some Remain Behind Bars
We Need Clemency for Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Life in Prison for Pot? As Laws Ease, Some Remain Behind Bars
Life in Prison for Pot? As Laws Ease, Some Remain Behind Bars
Monday, November 10, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Letter to Congress and Thanksgiving Greeting
Life for Pot – Release Nonviolent Drug Offenders
BETH
CURTIS
100
HALE RD
ZANESVILLE,
OH. 43701
PH.
# 740 452 2867
Dear
Congressman ----
Reform of our Criminal Justice System needs to be
one of the primary concerns for Congress.
“Our Justice is too harsh, too unevenly enforced, and too haphazard in
its prosecution and sentencing.”
As the Senate and the House consider and pass
sentencing reform bills that will give sentencing relief to future defendants
and even a select group of those presently incarcerated, this will not remedy
the harshness of the penalty for many presently incarcerated who received the
brunt of the excesses of our costly War on Drugs.
This is the group of non-violent drug offenders who were given sentences of Life without Parole or de facto Life
without Parole for non-violent drug offenses.
These are non-violent citizens who will die in Federal Prison for
offenses that will not be charged or sentenced in the same manner in the
future.
We
are advocating for those who have no violence in their case and no violence in
their past. These individuals were
harshly sentenced because they were aggressively charged with conspiracy and also exercised their sixth amendment right to trial. Exercising your right to trial assures an
egregious sentence.
Even though these inmates are non-violent, they are
typically held for years in High Security Federal Facilities simply because of
the length of their sentences. This is a
waste of Federal dollars and an affront to justice.
We would ask Congress to consider passing
legislation that would grant retroactive sentencing relief to this same group
of individuals. The war on drugs has impacted
so many families in such a harsh manner that many of us will not see justice
until the sentencing of Life without Parole or de facto Life without Parole for
non-violent drug offenders has been rectified.
Sincerely,
Beth Curtis MSW
Life for Pot
JAMESTOWN COLONISTS BROUGHT HEMP TO VIRGINIA IN
1621 GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADORD ORGANIZED THE 1ST THANKSGIVING IN 1621
FAMILIES
OF PRISONERS OF WAR ON DRUGS WILL MISS THEIR LOVED ONES AT THE TABLE.
Nonviolent
marijuana offenders with no violent priors are serving sentences of Life
without Parole for marijuana only offenses.
They are missed by family and friends who do not understand the lack of
redemption, mercy and forgiveness. This
travesty can be corrected
1. Remove marijuana from the Controlled Substance
Act Schedule
2. End mandatory minimums that make this harsh
sentencing possible for those who exercise
Their Sixth Amendment Right to Trial
3.
Pass retroactive legislation for sentencing relief for non-violent drug
offenders.
SEND
THESE NONVIOLENT MARIJUANA OFFENDERS
HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
Friday, October 3, 2014
Woman, 90, locked officer in basement, settles with police | I-Team - WBAL Home
A Dignified Woman Protecting her Rights.
How can we Pay for Police Misconduct?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
john knock a case of charging disparity
Please visit the site for John Knock. John is a nonviolent marijauan first time offender who received two life terms plus twenty in the Northern District of Florida - Eleventh Circuit. He need to have a commutation from President Barack Obama
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Reefer sanity: States abandon driver's license suspensions for drug offenses
Anyone interested in Clemency issues, overincarceration, and who is paying the price should visit
The Clemency Report by Dennis Cauchon
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Registration Open for Clemency Project 2014
This important project depends on thousands of pro bono attorneys volunteering to represent nonviolent inmates who have received egregious sentences that are not fiscally responsible nor just.
Registration Open for Clemency Project 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
Friday, June 6, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Clemency: The Historical Tradition
The Clemency Report is a site I recently found that has lots of current information about clemency that will interest those of us whose lives depend on it.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine
This article is worth reading. It explains hypocracy and nueance in the
Criminal Justice System
The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Life for Pot – Release Nonviolent Drug
Offenders
100 Hale Rd, Zanesville, OH. 43701
March
10, 2014
Dear
Congressman ----
Reform of our Criminal Justice System needs to be
one of the primary concerns for Congress.
Our Justice is too harsh, too unevenly enforced, and too haphazard in its
prosecution and sentencing.
As the Senate and the House consider and pass
sentencing reform bills that will give sentencing relief to future defendants
and even a select group of those presently incarcerated, this will not remedy
the harshness of the penalty for many presently incarcerated who received the
brunt of the excesses of our costly War on Drugs.
This is the group of non-violent drug offenders who were given sentences of Life without Parole or de facto Life
without Parole for non-violent drug offenses.
These are non-violent citizens who will die in Federal Prison for offenses
that will not be charged or sentenced in the same manner in the future.
We are advocating for those who have no violence in
their case and no violence in their past.
These individuals were harshly sentenced because they were aggressively
charged with conspiracy and also
exercised their sixth amendment right
to trial.
Even though these inmates are non-violent, they are
typically held for years in High Security Federal Facilities simply because of
the length of their sentences. This is
an egregious waste of Federal dollars and an affront to justice.
After Deputy Coles remarks to the NY Bar asking for
suggestion for the problem of over incarceration, Life for Pot sent the
enclosed “Suggestion” to President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and
Deputy Attorney General James Cole
The
“Suggestion” is for a systemic or group clemency for this group.
We would ask Congress to consider passing
legislation that would grant retroactive sentencing relief to this same group
of individuals.
The war on drugs has
impacted so many families in such a harsh manner that many of us will not see
justice until the sentencing of Life without Parole or de facto Life without
Parole for non-violent drug offenders has been rectified.
We are enclosing the Suggestion that was sent to the
President and The Department of Justice.
Sincerely,
Beth Curtis
Life for Pot
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