Retroactivity Is Absolutely Necessary To Insure That Justice Is Served May 6, 2011
Posted by FairSentencing in : Current News , trackbackHere’s an update from Julie Stewart
I have been invited to testify June 1st before the U.S. Sentencing Commission at a hearing on crack retroactivity. Of course, I’ll tell the Commission that retroactivity is absolutely necessary to insure that justice is served. But I need you to reinforce that message to the Commission, too.
Please help me by taking action in one or more of the following ways:
- Come to the hearing. If you can make it to Washington, D.C. on June 1, please join us. I would love to have a strong showing of FAMM’s families. There is nothing more powerful than the faces of the individuals whose lives have been impacted by harsh sentences. We will post the time and location of the hearing on our website (www.famm.org) as soon as the Commission makes it available to us.
- Write a letter to the Commission. If you have already written about retroactivity in the past few months, you do not need to write again. They have your letter. But if you haven’t written yet, please do so right away. Click here for a sample letter you can send to the Commission.
- Send this email to ten friends and family members and have them write the Commission.
- Sign a petition. The Commission counts signatures on a petition the same as the letters it receives. So if you do not have time to write and share your story with the Commission, just check here for a petition you can sign online.
I know that your voice can make a difference. Four years ago, when the Commission last considered voting to make a change to the crack guideline retroactive, FAMM members let loose an avalanche of letters and other expressions of support that helped win the day. I know we can do it again!
Thank you!
Julie
Julie Stewart
President
P.S. If you can make it to the hearing, please let us know you are coming by emailing apage@famm.org. If you cannot make it, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook where we will be reporting live from the hearing.
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