We have to be smarter on crime and sentencing first-time, non-violent offenders to life in prison does not make economic sense. This case and so many others are evidence that our country's drug sentences have not produced a good return on our investment. There is a better way. Check out the conservative website RightonCrime.com for solutions to this problem! Let's start with the commutation of Stevie Hernandez's life sentence!
In 1992, the Florida Legislature created the Conditional Medical Release Program. This program authorizes the Department of Corrections to recommend to the Commission terminally ill or permanently incapacitated inmates for early release due to their medical conditions. It is the Commission’s responsibility to determine which inmates will be released and the Department of Corrections’ responsibility to supervise the offender in the community.
This case is an appropriate one for consideration under this program. I pray that the Clemency Board will look compassionately and mercifully on Katherine and release her so that she can die with dignity.
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