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Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted 2
#21715766 - 05/23/15 09:38 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://fox4kc.com/2015/05/22/missouri-man-serving-life-sentence-for-marijuana-offense-has-sentence-commuted/
Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted
EFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Jay Nixon commuted the sentence for Missouri’s only man serving life in prison for non-violent marijuana-related offenses.
Jeff Mizanskey, now 62, was arrested during an undercover drug bust in Sedalia in 1993. He was sentenced in 1996 under the state’s Prior and Persistent Drug Offender Law, which is a three-strike system.
FOX 2 Now reports that at the time of Mizanskey’s arrest, police were after a drug dealer who hired two men to smuggled more than 100 pounds of marijuana across state lines. When police followed the smugglers to a hotel where the dealer was, they found Mizanskey, who already had two strikes on his record. The third gave him life without parole.
Approximately 130 Missouri lawmakers signed a letter to Gov. Nixon asking for clemency. It was drafted by Representative Shamed Dogan, who points out that Mizanskey got his sentence under a “prior and persistent offender statute” legislators recently repealed. Dogan added, “We as a body realized that this type of sentence is disproportionate for these types of offenses.”
390,000 citizens signed a Change.Org petition, started by Jeff’s son. Chris Mizanskey said, “Times are changing and things need to change.”
Chris was 14-years-old when his dad went away to prison.
“It breaks my heart every time we go up there to see him. We have to leave and he has to stay,” Chris said. “I can only hope he’ll be able to walk out of there one day, we’ll be able to enjoy our lives together what’s left of his and what’s left of mine.”
Nixon’s commutation means Mizanskey is eligible for parole, effective immediately.
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Re: Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted [Re: vandago]
#21716139 - 05/24/15 12:25 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Finally some good news!!
Hope he's out soon
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Re: Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted [Re: SnowDaze] 1
#21716408 - 05/24/15 03:14 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is just awesome. That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for Murrica.
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Re: Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted [Re: vandago]
#21716745 - 05/24/15 07:35 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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when marijuana is completely legalized in the US for recreational use, your gonna see this a lot more, and it should be happening. its ridiculous that people will lose their whole lives for a plant. Non-violent criminal offenders serving time for ONLY marijuana related offenses should be released, and even then it should be reviewed carefully, glad to see our country finally making a step towards the right direction. the sad part is, thi guy lost 20 years of his life for it to happen, but, this WILL set a precedent that hopefully will be followed for years to come. good story
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Re: Missouri man serving life sentence for marijuana offense has sentence commuted [Re: firstTIMER420]
#21717026 - 05/24/15 10:17 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've been following this guy's story and I'm glad something finally happened.
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