As He Heads Back To Prison, A Nashville Man Says 'Goodbye' To The New Life He Hoped To Build
When a Nashville man named Matthew Charles was released from prison early in 2016 after a sentence reduction, he’d spent almost half his life behind bars. But in a rare move, a federal court ruled his term was reduced in error and ordered him back behind bars to finish his sentence.He’s going to prison. To finish out a 35-year term for selling crack to an informant in the 90’s.
Charles had already served 21 years before his sentence was cut short as a result of crack guideline changes passed by the Obama administration. But the U.S. Attorney’s office appealed his release on the grounds that Charles was legally considered a “career offender” due to a prior stint in state prison. They said the retroactive change in the law did not apply to him — and a Court of Appeals agreed.
“He’s rebuilt his life and now they’re coming to snatch it,” says "Wolfe", who met Charles at a halfway house in 2016. They’ve volunteered together almost every Saturday since, long after fulfilling their community service requirements.
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I'm not even sure how kneeling for something is a sign of disrespect in the first place. Like, you kneel before a King. Kneeling during a patriotic song is surely symbolic of fealty or something. Surely, a much more disrespectful move would be to, I dunno, bend over and spank your ass at the flag, or giving the middle finger, or spitting on the grass or something.
Not a fan, but props to Kim K for trying to get this woman freed for some ole bullshit.
But what does Trump do? Frees D'Souza. What does "Liberal" Jim Acosta do, attack Kim K. YET, he posed and took John Legend Serious for the EXACT Same thing.
Kardashian West Visits White House Seeking Freedom For A Grandmother Serving Life
Looks like Trump want a trade war with the US' allies:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thes...t-tonight.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c8786a2d751fThe study, conducted by researchers at two California universities and published Wednesday in the journal Social Forces, finds that opposition to welfare programs has grown among white Americans since 2008, even when controlling for political views and socioeconomic status.
White Americans are more likely to favor welfare cuts when they believe that their status is threatened and that minorities are the main beneficiaries of safety net programs, the study says.
The findings suggest that political efforts to cut welfare programs are driven less by conservative principles than by racial anxiety, the authors conclude. T hat also hurts white Americans who make up the largest share of Medicaid and food-stamp recipients. President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed deep cuts to both programs.
Gasp! It's almost like it's exactly what a lot of us have been saying all along. It's the racism.