dwpineal
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- Oct 21, 2009
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My friend Rudd is currently serving a life sentence for LSD Conspiracy, and he wasn't even arrested with any LSD. Take a stand now to say that a life sentence for LSD is immoral and unethical. Please share this with your networks - if you are a member of online forums, please copy/paste this text freely and repost, if you use social media, share the links to the petition to bring your circles closer, help us use this technology for connectivity to stand together.
To learn more, visit the petition page here; http://www.change.org/petitions/clemency-for-roderick-walker-life-for-lsd
or watch the video below
[video=youtube_share;8ghdYc9OJiM]http://youtu.be/8ghdYc9OJiM[/video]
Here's the text from the video;
This is my best friend, Roderick Walker, but everybody calls him Rudd. A DeadHead, traveller, artist, and jewelry maker. He's currently served over a decade of a life sentence for the non-violent offense of LSD Conspiracy.
He was charged with conspiracy, because he WAS NOT caught with any LSD. He was convicted solely on the testimony of others, and these people were bargaining down their own jail time for other crimes by testifying against Rudd.
The government offered him 8 years if Rudd would cooperate in other investigations. Instead he refused and wanted to use his 6th Amendment right to defend himself, and for exercising this right the government gave him the 2nd most severe penalty permitted by law in America, a life sentence.
Since Rudd had 2 prior convictions for simple possession of LSD, he qualified for a life sentence under harsh and outdated minimum mandatory sentencing guidelines.
He will never see his family and friends as a free man again unless we all band together for his release. I believe, and I hope you do to that even if he had been arrested with LSD, which he wasn't, and even if he had been arrested with every gram of LSD that he is accused of, he has served enough time and should be sent home.
A life sentence is immoral and unethical AND it costs tax payers almost $30,000 per year to keep Rudd locked up. So far the USA has spent almost a half million dollars on his incarceration and could easily spend several million more over the next few decades.
We are the voice of society and together we can show the world that we believe Rudd’s debt to society has been paid in full and he should not be caged for the rest of his life at taxpayer expense.
So if you've made it this far - please help spread the word, share this video, share a link to the petition, and please click the link to sign the petition yourself.Your signature is critical in helping to bring my best friend home.
To learn more, visit the petition page here; http://www.change.org/petitions/clemency-for-roderick-walker-life-for-lsd
or watch the video below
[video=youtube_share;8ghdYc9OJiM]http://youtu.be/8ghdYc9OJiM[/video]
Here's the text from the video;
This is my best friend, Roderick Walker, but everybody calls him Rudd. A DeadHead, traveller, artist, and jewelry maker. He's currently served over a decade of a life sentence for the non-violent offense of LSD Conspiracy.
He was charged with conspiracy, because he WAS NOT caught with any LSD. He was convicted solely on the testimony of others, and these people were bargaining down their own jail time for other crimes by testifying against Rudd.
The government offered him 8 years if Rudd would cooperate in other investigations. Instead he refused and wanted to use his 6th Amendment right to defend himself, and for exercising this right the government gave him the 2nd most severe penalty permitted by law in America, a life sentence.
Since Rudd had 2 prior convictions for simple possession of LSD, he qualified for a life sentence under harsh and outdated minimum mandatory sentencing guidelines.
He will never see his family and friends as a free man again unless we all band together for his release. I believe, and I hope you do to that even if he had been arrested with LSD, which he wasn't, and even if he had been arrested with every gram of LSD that he is accused of, he has served enough time and should be sent home.
A life sentence is immoral and unethical AND it costs tax payers almost $30,000 per year to keep Rudd locked up. So far the USA has spent almost a half million dollars on his incarceration and could easily spend several million more over the next few decades.
We are the voice of society and together we can show the world that we believe Rudd’s debt to society has been paid in full and he should not be caged for the rest of his life at taxpayer expense.
So if you've made it this far - please help spread the word, share this video, share a link to the petition, and please click the link to sign the petition yourself.Your signature is critical in helping to bring my best friend home.
