Meet Freedom. Like me, he grew up with his parents in prison. See his video op-ed with his father on why life without parole is not making us safer.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/louisiana-criminal-justice-reform.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR3Qmy3JUI2VJ0P05zhCHGKSVN0rDcMJaB9oCJbzKPCAeyUrO5X9u-32b54 …
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Replying to @chesaboudin
If you can't do the time, I'd recommend against the crime...
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Replying to @SteveAdams80182 @chesaboudin
In this land of
#MassIncarceration the average american commits three felonies a day, thanks to the brutally cruel and incoherent nature of our#PoliceState. Awfully brave words from someone who's species is inherently illegalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842 …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
3 felonies a day that probably don’t result in anyone’s death. Sorry, Chesa’s parents deserved what they got.
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Replying to @LaurieStahl20 @netfire4 and
That is so mean. People make mistakes. We have more people in prison than any other country. We are a fearful, unforgiving society that keeps us from seeing the social, economic, and moral costs of incarceration and lifelong punishment.https://bit.ly/3zKG7mS
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Replying to @TruthRuththe @netfire4 and
“That is so mean”. “Mean” is participating in crime that left 3 people dead. Like Chesa’s parents did.
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Replying to @LaurieStahl20 @netfire4 and
They weren't armed and never intended to harm anyone. Compassion and forgiveness are good, actually.
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Replying to @TruthRuththe @netfire4 and
They never meant to harm anyone…and yet, 3 people died. Why would parents of a toddler participate in such a high risk incident? I’ll never get that. They ruined so many lives.
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Replying to @LaurieStahl20 @netfire4 and
They saw themselves as revolutionaries fighting the evil actions of the US empire. Sometimes good people do bad things. Chesa knows them as loving people. "Some call my parents radicals because of things they did before I was born or because of their involvement in the tragic
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armed robbery when I was a baby. In my lifetime, in my experience, the most radical thing about my mom or my dad is their unwavering dedication to being loving parents." https://bit.ly/3wNtPYG David and Kathy did not kill anybody, but they were charged as if they had, 22 yrs,
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Replying to @TruthRuththe @LaurieStahl20 and
75 yrs in prison. They got radically different sentences for doing the same thing, so how can you say they got what they deserved? Some folks get 10 yrs for robbery. Sentencing is arbitrary.
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