“Miquelle West grew up with a mother in prison. Then she helped set her free. Decades of advocacy paid off when her mother, Michelle West, walked out after nearly 32 years behind bars.”
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“#Pardons and #commutations fall under the larger umbrella of #clemency, which is broadly defined as an overall act of grace and forgiveness. Pardons are the complete forgiveness of a crime ... A commutation is a sentence reduction ...”
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“The decision to commute sentences of people like [Michelle] West also signals a broader shift toward normalizing the use of clemency in more capacious ways …”
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#FreeMichelleWest #Pardons #Commutations
Michelle West is finally free this week after serving how many years in prison, despite maintaining her innocence?
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#FreeMichelleWest
Michelle West is finally free this week after serving how many years in prison, despite maintaining her innocence?
○ 10 years
○ 20 years
○ 30 years
○ 50 years
Take the JLUSA weekly news quiz: jlusa.org/quiz
#FreeMichelleWest
Michelle West is finally free today!
President Biden commuted West’s sentence, and she can finally reunite with her daughter Miquelle outside of prison walls for the first time since 1993.
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#FreeMichelleWest #MiquelleWest
There are so many women in prison because of a man, and they always get the worst sentences.
#FREEMichelleWest
Please @POTUS consider a pardon for #FreeMichelleWest
I met her in prison and if it wasn’t for her I would have been killed or set-up by the inmates!
@RepJasmine @RepRaskin
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Join me in the fight to #FreeMichelleWest. Take one minute and contact President Biden. p2a.co/yUpIKoO
32 years ago, Michelle West received a mandatory life sentence. It would not be mandatory today. Pres. Biden pardoned his son—now he must #FreeMichelleWest and others, undoing the harm these sentences cause families. Please call every Friday and urge him to free Michelle.
H/T IL Prison Project.
Today, POTUS commuted 1,500 sentences—a step forward in addressing mass incarceration, but Michelle West, who has spent 30+ years in prison for a drug conspiracy, is still waiting! Her story underscores the urgent need for #ClemencyNow. True justice means second chances for all! #FreeMichelleWest
