Comments on: The Second Chance Act, and What it Means for Federal Inmates http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/ General happenings in the life of John Longfield-Smith Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: LAVERNE BISHOP PURNELL http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4089 LAVERNE BISHOP PURNELL Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:04:25 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4089 PLEASE LETS GET THE SECOND CHANCE LAW PASSED..PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS..PLEASE HELP OUR YOUNG BLACK ME,THAT IS GETTING ALL THIS TIME FOR WHAT OTHERS {SAIY}TO SAVE THEM FOR PRISON TIME..AT LEAST THE ONES CONVICTED ARE REAL MEN!!! PLEASE LETS GET THE SECOND CHANCE LAW PASSED..PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS..PLEASE HELP OUR YOUNG BLACK ME,THAT IS GETTING ALL THIS TIME FOR WHAT OTHERS {SAIY}TO SAVE THEM FOR PRISON TIME..AT LEAST THE ONES CONVICTED ARE REAL MEN!!!

]]> By: LAVERNE BISHOP PURNELL http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4088 LAVERNE BISHOP PURNELL Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:02:07 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4088 MY SON WAS CONVICTED OF NON-VOILENT DRUG CHARGE 20 YRS,NEVER IN ANY TROUBLE WORKED HARD ON HIS 7 DAY A WEEK JOB AND WAS TRIED OF ALL WHITE OLDER JURY.THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF CONSPIRECY WAS AND WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES,ALSO THE ATTORNEY WAS DROPPED FROM THIS CASE AND GIVEN TO ANOTHER ATTY AT THE LAST MIN.DUE TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.ALOT WENT WRONG WITH HIS CASE, ONE OF THE FEDERAL ATTY SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF MY SON AT HIS APPEAL CASE AND STILL NOT RELEASED AS OF YET,THIS WAS A VERY HEART THROBIN DAY IN COURT FOR ME,MY 80YRD OLD PARENT'S AND HIS 2 SISTERS,MY FAHTER LOOKED AT ME AND SAID YOUR SON WILL GET HUNG IN THIS COURT ROOM AS THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS FACE,BOTH MY ELDERLY PARENT'S HAVE PASSED AWAY WHILE MY SON IS IN PRISON FOR THE UNFAR TRIAL AND LONG TERM.YES I UNDERSTAND IF HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CRIME WITH PROOF,I COULD HAVE ACCEPTED THIS,BUT JUST ON HEAR SAY THAT'S SO SO WRONG.BUT AS THEY SAY WHAT GOES AROUND COMES BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHOM DID THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,GOD WILL HANDLE THEM. I PRAY FOR MY SON AND ALL OTHER'S THAT HAVE BEEN PUT AWAY UNJUSTIFIED..GOD BLESS MY SON WAS CONVICTED OF NON-VOILENT DRUG
CHARGE 20 YRS,NEVER IN ANY TROUBLE WORKED HARD ON HIS 7 DAY A WEEK JOB AND WAS TRIED OF ALL WHITE OLDER JURY.THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF CONSPIRECY WAS AND WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES,ALSO THE ATTORNEY WAS DROPPED FROM THIS CASE AND GIVEN TO ANOTHER ATTY AT THE LAST MIN.DUE TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.ALOT WENT WRONG WITH HIS CASE, ONE OF THE FEDERAL ATTY SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF MY SON AT HIS APPEAL CASE AND STILL NOT RELEASED AS OF YET,THIS WAS A VERY HEART THROBIN DAY IN COURT FOR ME,MY 80YRD OLD PARENT’S AND HIS 2 SISTERS,MY FAHTER LOOKED AT ME AND SAID YOUR SON WILL GET HUNG IN THIS COURT ROOM AS THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS FACE,BOTH MY ELDERLY PARENT’S HAVE PASSED AWAY WHILE MY SON IS IN PRISON FOR THE UNFAR TRIAL AND LONG TERM.YES I UNDERSTAND IF HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CRIME WITH PROOF,I COULD HAVE ACCEPTED THIS,BUT JUST ON HEAR SAY THAT’S SO SO WRONG.BUT AS THEY SAY WHAT GOES AROUND COMES BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHOM DID THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,GOD WILL HANDLE THEM. I PRAY FOR MY SON AND ALL OTHER’S THAT HAVE BEEN PUT AWAY UNJUSTIFIED..GOD BLESS

]]> By: neka swann http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4085 neka swann Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:43:37 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4085 im writing on behalf of lost men i a a mother of two girls who dont have their dad when lawmakers come up with these laws and percentages do they think about the children that will be motherless aand fatherless and with our economy being the way it is all the welfare single morhers will need without having a father helping carry the load not saying breaking the law is ok just that punishment is acceptable but corporal punishment is outrageous please help these men and women serving those 10-20 year sentences for drug offenses "You get less time for commiting a murder". "God forgive them for they know not what they do". im writing on behalf of lost men i a a mother of two girls who dont have their dad when lawmakers come up with these laws and percentages do they think about the children that will be motherless aand fatherless and with our economy being the way it is all the welfare single morhers will need without having a father helping carry the load not saying breaking the law is ok just that punishment is acceptable but corporal punishment is outrageous please help these men and women serving those 10-20 year sentences for drug offenses “You get less time for commiting a murder”. “God forgive them for they know not what they do”.

]]> By: Grace Ford http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4071 Grace Ford Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:05:11 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4071 In regards to my nephew, Johnnie Davis who has been in prison for a drug offense 19 yrs. this has been a hardship on all involved, first the govenment admitted they had a weak case however after a jury trial of nothing but whites he was convicted, there were only 2 blacks called for jury duty, he had two trials one with the one black ended hung jury, the next only one black who was nevers called so all white jury ended with conviction, one member of jury talked with court spectators while testmony was presented the judge did nothing tell me what I can do to help my nephew God bless Grace Ford In regards to my nephew, Johnnie Davis who has been in prison for a drug offense 19 yrs. this has been a hardship on all involved, first the govenment admitted they had a weak case however after a jury trial of nothing but whites he was convicted, there were only 2 blacks called for jury duty, he had two trials one with the one black ended hung jury, the next only one black who was nevers called so all white jury ended with conviction, one member of jury talked with court spectators while testmony was presented the judge did nothing
tell me what I can do to help my nephew
God bless
Grace Ford

]]> By: jessica http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4070 jessica Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:05:53 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4070 my husband got 6 and a half years for a non-violent drug offense also his first offense does he qualily he has already did 2 years my husband got 6 and a half years for a non-violent drug offense also his first offense does he qualily he has already did 2 years

]]> By: KAREN http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4058 KAREN Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:54:44 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4058 the hardest thing is finding a halfway house for my son. he has a date and now it is set off 3 months. I was told that I could find one to send for him to get placement. They are not easy to find. Can anybody help with DC Metropolitan area? thanks the hardest thing is finding a halfway house for my son. he has a date and now it is set off 3 months. I was told that I could find one to send for him to get placement. They are not easy to find. Can anybody help with DC Metropolitan area?
thanks

]]> By: Crystal Carroll http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4053 Crystal Carroll Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:49:39 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4053 I read the womans statement above and it brought tears to my eyes. My husband is in a very similar situation. He is facing 10-20 years for a non-violent conspiracy drug case. He has no prior record. He graduated high school and has attended 2 colleges. He served in the Navy in 2004. We have 2 beautiful sons 2 and 4 yrs old. We obtained a lawyer, an expensive federal lawyer, that I have picked up a second job to pay for. In which the only advice he could really give us was for my husband to take a plea due to people that had criminal records testifying against him. He made some wrong decisions in his life and I do not argue that he should not have to pay for them. Yet 20 years of someones life to be taken away for a testimony of a criminal does not seem like "Justice being served." It breaks my heart to answer my sons questions everyday asking,"Where their daddy is at?" and "Why did he leave?" I dont know what to tell them. Its so hard to even make ends meet trying to raise 2 little boys on my own and I have a decent job. Its seems that these men are targeted and once in jail forgotten. Their lives no longer matter to anyone but the families left behind who really endure the suffering.. I read the womans statement above and it brought tears to my eyes. My husband is in a very similar situation. He is facing 10-20 years for a non-violent conspiracy drug case. He has no prior record. He graduated high school and has attended 2 colleges. He served in the Navy in 2004. We have 2 beautiful sons 2 and 4 yrs old. We obtained a lawyer, an expensive federal lawyer, that I have picked up a second job to pay for. In which the only advice he could really give us was for my husband to take a plea due to people that had criminal records testifying against him. He made some wrong decisions in his life and I do not argue that he should not have to pay for them. Yet 20 years of someones life to be taken away for a testimony of a criminal does not seem like “Justice being served.” It breaks my heart to answer my sons questions everyday asking,”Where their daddy is at?” and “Why did he leave?” I dont know what to tell them. Its so hard to even make ends meet trying to raise 2 little boys on my own and I have a decent job. Its seems that these men are targeted and once in jail forgotten. Their lives no longer matter to anyone but the families left behind who really endure the suffering..

]]> By: 4theloveofkids http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4037 4theloveofkids Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:47:41 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4037 Any discussion of prison reentry must also address the impact on the children of incarcerated parents. A new book that helps children deal with these issues can be found at www.4theloveofkids.com It is called, "A Boy Named Rocky: A Coloring Book for the Children of Incarcerated Parents." Any discussion of prison reentry must also address the impact on the children of incarcerated parents. A new book that helps children deal with these issues can be found at http://www.4theloveofkids.com It is called, “A Boy Named Rocky: A Coloring Book for the Children of Incarcerated Parents.”

]]> By: Lakisha Lee http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-second-chance-act-and-what-it-means-for-federal-inmates/#comment-4036 Lakisha Lee Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:17:58 +0000 http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-4036 Good Afternoon, My husband if facing eleven years inprison for non-voilent drug offense. This has left my children without a father and me without a husband. I think sometimes the law is very harsh. No one take the to investigate the crime and the person that has commited the crime. I really feel the punishment does not fit the crime. Not saying that he shouldn't be punished, but eleven years is very extensive. This leaves alot of room for our boys to become products of there enviroment. I'm doing everything possible within my means as a parent and a mother to help them. But black males today need a father figue iin their lives. Especially at the beginning ofthere teenage years. My huband was at a rough time in his life and made the wrong decision but was not in trouble before this incident for eleven years prior. I am very hurt by the outcome because I am a very spiritual person, I feel that the devil goes fort the head to distroy the body meaning. The man is the head of the household without the head the body can't function, it begins to fall aprat and eventually dies. Please someone reading this understand where I'm coming from and give me some advice on what to do to help my situtation. Thanks in adavance. A praying confused mom. Good Afternoon,

My husband if facing eleven years inprison for non-voilent drug offense. This has left my children without a father and me without a husband. I think sometimes the law is very harsh. No one take the to investigate the crime and the person that has commited the crime. I really feel the punishment does not fit the crime. Not saying that he shouldn’t be punished, but eleven years is very extensive. This leaves alot of room for our boys to become products of there enviroment. I’m doing everything possible within my means as a parent and a mother to help them. But black males today need a father figue iin their lives. Especially at the beginning ofthere teenage years. My huband was at a rough time in his life and made the wrong decision but was not in trouble before this incident for eleven years prior. I am very hurt by the outcome because I am a very spiritual person, I feel that the devil goes fort the head to distroy the body meaning. The man is the head of the household without the head the body can’t function, it begins to fall aprat and eventually dies. Please someone reading this understand where I’m coming from and give me some advice on what to do to help my situtation. Thanks in adavance.

A praying confused mom.

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