Beth ShelburneOvjeren akaunt

@bshelburne

Journalist, investigative reporter, writer, teacher. SCAD heart attack survivor. Mom & wife, pal to assorted humans. Mostly fearless except with roaches.

Birmingham, AL
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2009.
Rođen/a 08. listopada

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    THREAD: Today I talked to Willie Simmons, who has spent the last 38 years in prison for stealing $9. He was convicted of 1st degree robbery & sentenced to life without parole in 1982, prosecuted under Alabama's habitual offender law because he had 3 prior convictions. 1/12

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  2. New buildings won't change draconian sentencing policy or mindset of retaliatory punishment- two legacy themes in Alabama that have driven mass incarceration.

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  3. A poignant note on this first day of the legislative session, where the powerful will decide policy that impacts the powerless.

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  4. If you care about how your taxpayers dollars are spent- READ THIS NOW. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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  5. In January, 20 people were granted parole out of 143 considered. That's a 14% grant rate, which is better than 8% from November and December, but still too low.

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  7. The Super Bowl is a great time to speak up for criminal justice reform. Let's tell Alabama lawmakers to get rid of the habitual offender or "3-strikes" law so people like Willie Simmons won't have to serve 38 years in prison for a $9 robbery. SIGN NOW!

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  8. Wanting a criminal justice system that is fair for everyone is not soft on crime. Wanting sentences that are proportional to the crimes is not leniency. Wanting constitutional conditions and true rehabilitation in prisons is not ignoring victims.

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  9. New rule: the term "just saying" is banned from social media. Every stupid insult I receive is followed by this nonsense.

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  10. The correctional officer with arrested for drug trafficking had 28 grams or more of meth on him, according to court records. Meth is an enormous problem inside the Alabama prison system, I've been told by officers and incarcerated people.

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  11. Esco's cousin was also arrested, Joshua Esco. ADOC says he was currently serving a 5-year sentence for theft with Tuscaloosa County Corrections and had previous robbery and attempted murder convictions They were arrested outside a pizza restaurant in Montgomery last night. 2/2

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  12. CONFIRMED: Correctional officer with arrested for drug trafficking. Christian Esco was assigned to Kilby Prison. He's in Montgomery Co jail on $500K bond. ADOC confirms disciplinary action is pending. He'd worked in Alabama prisons since May of 2017. 1/2

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  13. Alabama's legislative session begins next week & some lawmakers oppose any sentencing reform. Please sign the petition to abolish the habitual offender law, which would grant relief to people like Mr. Willie Simmons, 38 years in prison for a $9 robbery.

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  14. Congrats to & . Big recognition for their aggressive reporting on Alabama’s prison crisis. 👊🏻

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    Odgovor korisnicima i sljedećem broju korisnika:

    Alabama doesn't need to build more prisons. It needs to stop denying nearly every single case for parole.

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  16. What can you do? Sign this petition that asks Alabama lawmakers to abolish the habitual offender law. Share it. Let's ask legislators to grant Michael, Willie Simmons & hundreds of others relief from death in Alabama's overcrowded & violent prisons. 12/12

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  17. When lawmakers say they don't support sentencing reforms, think of Michael. There are hundreds of people in Alabama prisons who have aged out of criminal behavior. The habitual offender law threw people like Michael away. He deserves a second chance.11/12

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  18. Last year, Michael was transferred to Holman prison, which announced will be partially closed. 150 "low risk" men serving life without parole will remain there, Michael likely being one of them. He spends his time reading & playing scrabble. He's warehoused. 10/12

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  19. In 1990, Michael married his pen pal. She visited every 2 months for 10 years, but she wanted children & Alabama has no conjugal visits. After years of denied appeals, they divorced. "From time to time, when the loneliness gets too rough, I'll call her," he says. "It helps." 9/12

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  20. Michael's 3 prior convictions were drug-related in Georgia- robbery, burglary and drug possession. No one was ever physically injured. Michael admits he deserved punishment, but struggles to see value in keeping him locked up for life. He's filed many appeals, all denied. 8/12

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  21. I spoke to the co-defendant, who served 7 years in prison. "We were young, stupid and full of drugs, but I don't think it's fair that they're still in prison," he told me. "I don't think anybody deserves that when they didn't hurt nobody. I hate it for them. It's not right." 7/12

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