30 year sentence for a nonviolent drug offence;
in 16 years so far.
Ezra
Martin is in prison for non violent drug crime, given thirty years, has served
over half. He worked under work release
for over three years, is still denied parole. Here is his statement:
“ I am
well into my 16th year of incarceration on a 30 sentence for a
non-violent drug offense (POCS w/ITD
- cocaine). I have been minimum security-status four 4 1/2 years. From November
5, 2010 to May 20, 2013 I worked outside of the prison in society under work release/community
custody/indirect supervision status. During that time period I saw the parole
board 7 times (two-6 month defers & five-5 month defers) and was denied parole each time.
At
the time of my last hearing in February of 2013 I had been working in society without incident for 28 months, but was denied
parole for reasons stated that I had not served enough time and that my release at this time would present an
unreasonable risk to the community. I asked the parole commissioner 'How much
time is enough?' and she stated that
she 'Did not know.' I asked her 'How can they justify claiming that I am a risk to society when I have been working in
society around civilians for 28 months?'
She was unable to answer this.
While
it is true that I was on parole at the time of my arrest, it is also true that
this is unmitigatable factor, meaning that there is no way to alter or mitigate
this fact. So if I did my entire 30 year sentence the fact that I was on parole
when arrested would still be true. There aren't any institutional programs
that I can take to negate/nullify this fact. This was just being
used as a convenient factor to deny me parole. And still is.”
Arrested 1997;
since 2006 all A&E programs met;
Parole eligible since 2005,
has had 11 deferments;
MR Date is 2019,
Max date is 2029
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