HOW MUCH JUSTICE CAN YOU AFFORD?

For some great information, please watch the six part documentary by the late great Walter Cronkite on the truth about the War on Drugs...very interesting.

This is my effort to bring recognition to my brother and the thousands of others who are being held for minor roles they played in federal cases. There is no doubt that my brother needed to be separated from what was destroying him, but not for the rest of his life. His girlfriend at the time was the one who had been under federal investigation and when she was finally apprehended and looking at many years, she was given the opportunity to do what they call cooperate. The six part documentary explains how the Mandatory Minimum laws are backfiring on us. The ones who deserve the sentences get off while the small role players do the time. My brother never had a violent or weapons charge and has been sentenced to LIFE in prison. Some murderers don't get that much time. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people being held for many years...I know there is a better way than to forget the face of a man or woman.

For correspondence and words of encouragement:
Michael R. Coffman 06072-017
P.O. Box 2099
USP Pollock
Pollock, Louisiana71467

When I first came here, I was seeking a way to find help for my brother...He was given a life sentence in the federal court for a conspiracy with intent to distribute crystal meth. He fell under the minimum mandatory law because of two small possession charges when he was younger. The antiquated Rockfeller Law was created to hopefully bring justice to the kingpins and major role players in the war on drugs. However, the law has had a reverse effect which has created a huge overflow of the small role players being held in the prisons for taxpayers to pay for their housing, medical, food etc for the rest of their lives...These are our brothers and sister, our sons and daughters, the parents of children left with no parent...It should be priority that the cases be looked at on an individual level, and these folks be given an opportunity to proove that they can and want to become an asset to society..The true crime is that a law that is not working is the reason why lives are being destroyed even the future generation...This is the true crime...The law is a one size fits all law...leaving no discretion to the judge in each individual case..and, if you have no money, how much justice can you afford..not much...My brother received a LIFE SENTENCE..never a violent or weapon charge..He had a horrible addiction that has changed our lives forever...Please pray for my brother and the thousands being held for long or life sentences for low level drug offenses...

He is being held in a high security prison because of the length of his sentence...where dangerous murderers and hard core criminals are being held... Our mother had a stroke two weeks ago, and we could not tell him for this would destroy any hope he has..I pray my mother does not pass away never to see her son until they meet in heaven..I do not want her to pass away knowing her son will die in prison..Please help..contact you local officials, senators, representatives etc. and ask them to vote against the antiquated Rockefeller Law. Thank you for you time.

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