This is a link to the ACLU call to action. The Report released on Nov 13 spotlights many of the non-violent offenders serving sentences of Life without Parole for marijuana who are on the Life for Pot web site - http://www.lifeforpot.com
Please join the ACLU's effort on behalf of inmates serving sentences of Life without Parole for nonviolent offenses. This is a petition asking the Justice Department to review these sentences.
End the affront to justice
Shoplifting three belts. Siphoning gas from an 18-wheeler. Selling a single crack rock. These are just some of the offenses that can get you sentenced to spend your entire life in prison, until the day you die, with no chance of ever getting out for good behavior.
Thousands of people have been sentenced to die in prison for nonviolent offenses because of overly extreme mandatory sentencing laws that take away judges’ discretion. In case after case we reviewed, the sentencing judge said on the record that he or she opposed the mandatory sentence as too severe but their hands were tied.
