Clemency for Tim who mailed LSD

"I was a young Grateful Dead fan who mailed LSD to a friend who had become a police informant. In July, I will have spent more than half of my life behind bars and without clemency from President Obama, I will die here. I was just 23 years old when I was arrested.

My public defender never explained to me federal mandatory minimums, so I plead guilty (I wanted to take responsibility) but had no idea that I'd receive double life sentences without the possibility of parole. My dad was sentenced with me because one of the envelopes I mailed went to his house. He got 10 years but died in prison after 8.

It was 20 years before I was even given a way to listen to music in prison. Just a few years ago I got a chance to buy MP3s and listen to the Grateful Dead again. I am still at times really not believing that we can listen to the music we want to. The people coming into prison now have no idea what some of us endured with no music all these years.

I understand that I broke the law but I don't think I've done more wrong to society than has been done to me. My dad died in prison, how much blood do they feel they need?"

Timothy is asking President Obama to grant him clemency so he can have a second chance to be with his sister and be a member of society:

Sign petition with this link. If 500k people sign the White House will respond.

https://www.change.org/p/my-brother-was-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-for-a-nonviolent-drug-offense


Comments


[42 Points] None:

We are guilty of being the most pathetic humans on the planet when we stand by and go "least it wasn't me"". Cops shoot people in US with impunity, lock people away with inhuman sentences, use prisners as slave labour, legalize the most dangerous drugs yet jail those who choose others. People who fought (as in physically) for their rights wouldn't cross the street to piss on us if we were on fire.

People are dying from non-pharmacutical drugs and gov'ts solution is to restrict drugs even more. When are we going to wake the fuck up?


[21 Points] imnotfrosty:

"Mailed LSD to a friend"

13 thousand tabs, for a 3rd strike. A dyed-in-the-wool drug distributor. One of 3-strikes' early victims, that's all. There are so many more. In fact, there are many inside who were wrongfully convicted. Why do your hearts bleed for this man in particular?


[14 Points] anon1901:

LE's way of trying to get us to reveal OPSEC details.


[10 Points] None:

You should post your petition on [whitehouse.gov](whitehouse.gov), where it only needs 100,000 signatures in 30 days to receive a response.


[3 Points] None:

Has this been posted on /r/drugs too? If not it needs to be


[2 Points] 2cbking:

I dont see how his dad ended up in prison. As this is something of particular relevance to users of DNMS, LE has to be able to prove that you knew about the item comming in the mail. Or you have to admit to knowing about it coming. If his dad did not know anything about the LSD being mailed to his house, there is not way they could of prosecuted him and give him those 10 years. So it looks like some details are missing as far as that goes, he had to have a bit more a role then just mail containing LSD unknowingly coming to his house. Otherwise you could get anyone sent to prison for a decade just by mailing some illegal drugs to their house. That being said, this guys punishment is total bullshit. That they give someone life without parole for a drug offense (particularly a drug as safe as LSD) is just bonkers and I have never been able to wrap my head around how they justify that absurdity. Pretty sure I signed a change.org thing for this guy along time ago. I hope it works out , but I am farely certain no amount of signatures collected will result in Obama pardoning him.


[2 Points] DruggieKitten:

:( I remember reading about that guy a couple of years ago, wtf.

Fuck america.


[1 Points] None:

Full name and address? Sounds like an easy way to track who believes in LSD usage...


[1 Points] globaldu:

No mention of how much acid he posted...


[1 Points] r0seMvp:

heres written "mailed lsd"... article says weed and lsd... facts straight pls.... poor guy anyway ;(


[1 Points] Fbulol:

Poor guy, I engender his face from last time this was posted. Really unfortunate


[1 Points] None:

Unfortunately Obama will never grant clemency. He'd be in a shitstorm if he did. The president can't exactly ignore the law for one particular random case. We have to work to change the laws in the first place.


[1 Points] bobbiggs69:

Thanks for posting this. It's insane what the federal government does to people while hiding behind the drug war.


[1 Points] Darknet_Retard:

It is fucking atrocious that people are locked away for LIFE for this. Murderers get off with less.. Rapists get off with less... What the fuck, US government, what the actual fuck?


[0 Points] robg941:

What can we do to help support him this is s much bs that they coul d such a thing lwt us know what we can do to support and help him would be glad to write letters or sign pottitons just send me a message or reply on this thanks and best of luck