One of the fundamental constitutional
rights one expects when one is accused of a crime is that one
is allowed to confront his or her accuser. The constitution has
taken a back seat when it comes to confronting the hysteria created
by political gluttons who give no thought to the greater good
of society when it comes to their political life. When I was
convicted, me nor my attorney were allowed to cross examine the
witnesses against me. Since my incarceration I have met many
that have suffered clear violations of their constitutional rights
- all in the name of the so-called "War on Drugs."
I have never been convicted of a violent
crime. I am a first-time non-violent offender convicted of a
cocaine offense. I, like the majority of others who share my
situation, rotting in the gulags of the American prison system
and do not fit the marketed profile of the dangerous violent
bogeymen that so many of our politicians force-feed the public.
I am serving a 20 year sentence without
the possibility of parole which means the 54 days a year given
for good-time, I will serve more than seventeen years before
I am released. I am the father of three young children; in all
probability when I am released my children will have children
and I will be a grandfather. No rational person can call this
justice. If the constitution can not protect the "one"
it can not protect the "many."
Back to the Wall
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Drugs
