Garrison Twins Apply For Reduced Sentences
I began covering the story of Lawrence and Lamont Garrison roughly a decade ago. The Howard University graduates have been in prison all that time on federal crack-cocaine convictions that came on the testimony of an admitted-and convicted drug kingpin seeking to reduce his own pending sentence after he was caught.
I won't repeat the entire story here--The Garrison story has in recent months been seen nationally on CNN and elsewhere; This after the Congress approved legislation to bring the crack sentences closer to the powder cocaine sentences. Lamont got 15 and a half years; His brother 19 and a half. The Garrisons have never stopped insisting on their innocence. They had never been arrested; There was no video, audio, drugs or cash that connected them to the drug conspiracy.
Their mother Karen Garrison filed the sentence modification papers,prepared by the twins themselves, on Thursday with the clerk in the Alexandria Federal Courthouse.
If a judge agrees to modify their sentences--after ten years in prison- Lawrence could be released later this year. Lamont who got additional time after taking the stand to profess his innocense, could be released in four years.
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posted by Bruce Johnson @ 2:17 PM
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I don't mean to be rude but, I am still trying to figure out what kind of world we actually live in. A person can be convicted of something without evidence, but another man can literally take someones life and walk the streets with little or no time served. Better yet molest a child and only receive maybe 5 years max. I wonder how the Judge slept after giving out the maximum time on these 2 college graduates without justifiable evidence. I know someone personally who "only" received a 10 years sentance and that was his 3rd offense. Photos were produced because he was under survellience and an undercover officer helped with this particular case. This person also pled guilty to the offense, "no trial", and he received "only" 10years. Therefore, it shows me that if you confess that you did the crime even if you didn't your time will be shorter. Where is the justice? Can we as US citizens really trust that justice will be served. These 2 men should not have been convicted and given this much time without evidence. OJ Simpson had all the evidence and motive but didn't do a single week. Yes, that was California but it's the principle of the situation.
I don't mean to be rude but, I am still trying to figure out what kind of world we actually live in. A person can be convicted of something without evidence, but another man can literally take someones life and walk the streets with little or no time served. Better yet molest a child and only receive maybe 5 years max. I wonder how the Judge slept after giving out the maximum time on these 2 college graduates without justifiable evidence. I know someone personally who "only" received a 10 years sentance and that was his 3rd offense. Photos were produced because he was under survellience and an undercover officer helped with this particular case. This person also pled guilty to the offense, "no trial", and he received "only" 10years. Therefore, it shows me that if you confess that you did the crime even if you didn't your time will be shorter. Where is the justice? Can we as US citizens really trust that justice will be served. These 2 men should not have been convicted and given this much time without evidence. OJ Simpson had all the evidence and motive but didn't do a single week. Yes, that was California but it's the principle of the situation.
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