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    MARIA MCDONALD
    NEW YORK, NY
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Dear Representative:

WHEN does PUNISHMENT become ABUSE, When does ABUSE become REVENGE, When does REVENGE become INHUMANE and HOLOCAUSTIC?

"THERE COMES A TIME WHEN SILENCE IS BETRAYAL" -Martin Luther King Jr.

I found my friend lingering in legal limbo from an extreme tilt injustice. Not in a Third World country but right in the United States. The Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum sentencing law has been REPEALED, and now it's time to REPEAL its evil twin, FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING. 

"We the people" as well as our economy can no longer bear the injustice and financial burden that FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUM'S , slippery slope sentencing straps onto the backs of U.S. citizens. The tax burden of sentencing enhancement, current sentencing procedures, and weighty extended sentences are NO longer a luxury we as Americans can afford, while private prison profits provide us with NO relief. "The War on Drugs" is over and it's time to end Federal Mandatory Minimums.

Extraordinary Circumstances
For years prisoners, like William Underwood, have been denied access to the courts after making Sixth Amendment challenges to the application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. In Mr. Underwood's case, this occurred over 21 years ago at trial, sentencing and on direct appeal. This appalling injustice has led to the formation of the website, INPRISON.net. It's time NOW for change!

We at http://inprison.net REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THESE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, THE LAW AFFORDS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. UNDERWOOD TO OBTAIN RE-SENTENCING OR OTHER RELIEF. 

"It is not the voice of my enemy that I will remember, but the silence of my friends." 
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"INJUSTICE  is INDIVISIBE. INJUSTICE anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Thank you very much for your co-operation.

Sincerely,

Underwood's daughter speaks:

Why at this moment have I decided to expose this very private part of my life? Because I truly believe its time for change, my Dad is WRONGLY charged a life sentence for a crime he HAD NOT BEEN CHARGED with, for a CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT! My Dad, William R. Underwood should now be released, he has paid his debt to society. As a single mother of a pre-teen, my dad has been more of a father to my son than his own dad. He has made himself known in his life, even in prison. I can’t continue to watch this cycle, and I can’t watch my father die in there. My Son, My Nephew and My Niece deserve to have this incredible man be a part of their lives. 


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Dear Representative

WHEN does PUNISHMENT become ABUSE, When does ABUSE become REVENGE,
When does REVENGE become INHUMANE and HOLOCAUSTIC?
Maria McDonald, actor/advocate/film/fundraiser


"There comes a time when silence is betrayal." -Martin Luther King Jr.

I found my friend lingering in legal limbo from an extreme tilt in-justice. Not in a foreign country but right here in the United States. Rockefeller has been repealed and now it's time to eliminate it's evil twin. Federal Sentencing Reform. 

"We the people" as well as our economy can no longer bare the financial burden this injustice straps on the back of it's citizens. The slippery slope mandatory minimum sentencing, sentencing enhancement, sentencing factors, and weighty extended sentences are NO longer a luxury we as Americana can afford. Private prisons profit but provide us with NO Relief, while posing as "The War on Drugs." 

Extraordinary Circumstances
<b>For years prisoners, like William Underwood, have been denied access to the courts</b>&hellip;&hellip;after making Sixth Amendment challenges to the Application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines over 23 years ago at trial, sentence and on direct appeal. This appalling injustice has lead to the formation of the website,&nbsp;<b>INPRISON.net&hellip;</b>
<b>It's time! ...&nbsp;</b><b></b>

We at&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://inprison.net/">INPRISON.NET</a>&nbsp;REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THESE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, THE LAW AFFORDS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. UNDERWOOD TO OBTAIN RE-SENTENCING OR OTHER RELIEF.&nbsp;</strong>

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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"It is not the voice of my enemy that I will remember,&nbsp; but the silence of my friends."&nbsp;
-Martin Luther King Jr


Thank You,
Maria McDonald,
Founder of Cover Girls for Change
mariasopp@yahoo.com

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