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Deadhead Timothy Tyler, sentenced to life in federal prison in 1994 for LSD has sentence commuted!
Now 47, having spent nearly half his life in prison, will now have his sentence expire on August 30, 2018.
Thank you President Obama for taking a strong stance on non violent drug related life sentences.
Keep 'em coming!
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-obama-grants-commutations-6
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BREAKING: @POTUS just commuted 111 people, bringing the total to more than the past 10 presidents combined.
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/770699150484701184
Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Will Be Released From Jail on Friday
Despite being sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner will now be released Friday, Sept. 2, three months ahead of schedule. As previously reported, Turner's unusually light sentence was shortened before it even began, due to "automatically applied 'credits'" for good behavior.
In January 2015, multiple people witnessed Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on Stanford University's campus. When two graduate students approached him to make sure the woman was all right, Turner fled — only to be tackled moments later and held down until police arrived at the scene.
Turner was found guilty of three felony counts of sexual assault in June, crimes that normally carry a minimum two-year sentence. However, the judge in the case, Aaron Persky, instead elected to sentence Turner to six months plus probation, a decision that sparked national outrage and multiple petitions demanding he be disbarred. Judge Persky has since announced he will no longer hear criminal cases, according to CNN.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63510/brock-turner-released-jail/
Despite being sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner will now be released Friday, Sept. 2, three months ahead of schedule. As previously reported, Turner's unusually light sentence was shortened before it even began, due to "automatically applied 'credits'" for good behavior.
In January 2015, multiple people witnessed Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on Stanford University's campus. When two graduate students approached him to make sure the woman was all right, Turner fled — only to be tackled moments later and held down until police arrived at the scene.
Turner was found guilty of three felony counts of sexual assault in June, crimes that normally carry a minimum two-year sentence. However, the judge in the case, Aaron Persky, instead elected to sentence Turner to six months plus probation, a decision that sparked national outrage and multiple petitions demanding he be disbarred. Judge Persky has since announced he will no longer hear criminal cases, according to CNN.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63510/brock-turner-released-jail/
Convicted of THREE FELONY counts of sexual assault! Our legal system is FUBAR.
