Will Foster's Fate
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The weather over most of the United States this week was mostly sunny, summer. It is hot, the first signs of the end of the season with longer nights and nascent buds. The summer sun is still strong, beating down on sun-bleached land. It is a wonderful time of the year.
This is a time of year when I am normally pretty upbeat, optimistic, fun-loving- but there is a personal consideration that hangs on my shoulders like leaden drapes. Will Foster, my friend for more than 15 years, has been in Sonoma County, CA jail awaiting extradition to Oklahoma for more than 18 months, a year and a half.
His crime was growing a 25 square foot (5’ x 5’) medical garden in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was originally sentenced to 93 years, more than the maximum that the law called for. This was later reduced to only 20 years. He was paroled after 4.5 years and exiled from Oklahoma to serve his probation in California. After 3 years of probation, California declared him rehabilitated, but Oklahoma disagreed and wanted back. Not content with one pound of flesh, they want two. Will’s extradition hearing is on August 18, 2009 at 1:30pm at the Sonoma County Courthouse, 600 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA.
It is important that the courtroom is filled, and if you are able, it is important that you are there, not just as a form of moral support for Will but to show the court that you are not satisfied with this kind of injustice, you think that everyone counts in the United States, no judge should enforce cruel and unusual punishment That he knows he is wrong to sentence an innocent person no matter what the law says.
This is a time of year when I am normally pretty upbeat, optimistic, fun-loving- but there is a personal consideration that hangs on my shoulders like leaden drapes. Will Foster, my friend for more than 15 years, has been in Sonoma County, CA jail awaiting extradition to Oklahoma for more than 18 months, a year and a half.
His crime was growing a 25 square foot (5’ x 5’) medical garden in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was originally sentenced to 93 years, more than the maximum that the law called for. This was later reduced to only 20 years. He was paroled after 4.5 years and exiled from Oklahoma to serve his probation in California. After 3 years of probation, California declared him rehabilitated, but Oklahoma disagreed and wanted back. Not content with one pound of flesh, they want two. Will’s extradition hearing is on August 18, 2009 at 1:30pm at the Sonoma County Courthouse, 600 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA.
It is important that the courtroom is filled, and if you are able, it is important that you are there, not just as a form of moral support for Will but to show the court that you are not satisfied with this kind of injustice, you think that everyone counts in the United States, no judge should enforce cruel and unusual punishment That he knows he is wrong to sentence an innocent person no matter what the law says.
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N_Dank
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thats some bullshit, doesnt matter how many of these kind of articles i read they all seem to piss me off - 2 years ago
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N_Dank
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iamaman
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jack you are one cool dude. i hope history will remember you fondly.
i always will!!!!
- 2 years ago
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iamaman
