Something Trump might wanna look into?
This, on the face looks ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!
Could be another feather in the Justice Cap freeing this man.
This Man From Alabama is in Prison For Life For Stealing $9 in 1982
Escambia County, AL — Willie Simmons, a 62-year old Black man from Alabama, has been behind bars for the last 38 years for stealing $9. He was convicted of 1st-degree robbery and was sentenced to life without parole in 1982 due to Alabama’s Habitual Offender law. He already had 3 prior convictions.
Beth Shelburne, a reporter from WBRC, shared Simmons’ ordeals in a thread on Twitter after having a conversation with him.
Shelburne said Simmons, an Army veteran who became addicted to drugs while assigned overseas, was 25-years old when the state “said he should die in prison.” Since 2005, he hasn’t had a visitor after his sister passed away.
Now at the age of 62, he has been incarcerated in Holman Correctional Facility in Escambia County, Alabama which is considered one of the “most violent prisons in the country.” Despite that, he is studying for his GED, trying to “stay away from the wild bunch.”
Simmons is not denying the crime he committed that landed him in prison for life. He admitted he was “high on drugs” when he wrestled a man to the ground and stole his wallet that contained $9, as he said he was “trying to get a quick fix.”
https://www.blacknews.com/news/willie-simmons-man-alabama-prison-life-stealing-9-dollars-1982