In need of a second chance - grant parole for Phillip Alvin Jones

Recent signers:
Donna Landers and 19 others have signed recently.

The Issue

In 1990, Phillip Alvin Jones was a 19 year old young man with a newborn daughter who was accused of a non homicide shooting in Baltimore, Maryland and subsequently sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.  Phillip has languished in prison for nearly 31 years.  He went in at age 19.  He is now 51 years old. He has lost his mother and his only two siblings while he has been imprisoned.  He has lost all the years of raising his one and only daughter.  He has completed years of programming while in prison, and has completed his GED and college coursework working toward a Business degree.  He has had zero infractions of rules for over ten years.  He is a writer, mentor, and activist for positive change.  We are a team of professionals who strongly believe in Phillip.  A 19 year old does not have a fully developed adult brain and would not know how to handle wrongful incarceration, but a 51 year old with intelligence and integrity knows the difference between right and wrong.

 

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Recent signers:
Donna Landers and 19 others have signed recently.

The Issue

In 1990, Phillip Alvin Jones was a 19 year old young man with a newborn daughter who was accused of a non homicide shooting in Baltimore, Maryland and subsequently sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.  Phillip has languished in prison for nearly 31 years.  He went in at age 19.  He is now 51 years old. He has lost his mother and his only two siblings while he has been imprisoned.  He has lost all the years of raising his one and only daughter.  He has completed years of programming while in prison, and has completed his GED and college coursework working toward a Business degree.  He has had zero infractions of rules for over ten years.  He is a writer, mentor, and activist for positive change.  We are a team of professionals who strongly believe in Phillip.  A 19 year old does not have a fully developed adult brain and would not know how to handle wrongful incarceration, but a 51 year old with intelligence and integrity knows the difference between right and wrong.

 

The Decision Makers

Maryland State Senate
3 Members
Jeff Waldstreicher
Maryland State Senate - District 18
Will Smith
Maryland State Senate - District 20
Bill Ferguson
Maryland State Senate - District 46
U.S. House of Representatives
2 Members
Kweisi Mfume
U.S. House of Representatives - Maryland 7th Congressional District
Steny Hoyer
U.S. House of Representatives - Maryland 5th Congressional District
Larry Hogan
Former Governor - Maryland
Ben Cardin
Former U.S. Senate - Maryland
Jill Carter
Former Maryland State Senate - District 41

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Petition created on December 11, 2019