Life for Pot

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

WAITING FOR THANKSGIVING

JAMESTOWN COLONISTS BROUGHT HEMP TO VIRGINIA IN 1621 GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADORD ORGANIZED THE 1^ST 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.

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