Mr. Felix Walls extends his heartfelt thanks and make known that he was released on 04/24/2020 and still needs clemency for himself and others listed below. I so pray that your help is urgently necessary.
Please Sign Below to support the release of these non-violent offenders who are serving excessive time for their crimes, due to the war on drugs.
ARTICLE I PETITION, ARTICLE II PETITION, ARTICLE III PETITION
President Joseph Biden
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Petitioning Honorable President Joseph Biden:
By the grace of God, We The People humbly make this constitutional call for help by way of petition, taking the time to speak out on behalf of every forgotten man, woman and child due to The War on Drugs and the overwhelming rate of incarceration in the United States of America. We beseech upon all three branches of the government to bipartisan align their voices with ours and do the same.
We the concerned citizens of the United States of America, along with SOD Foundation, ministers, family members and friends have heard the prisoner’s plea for help where it is our duty as a community support group to adopt a prisoner and act as a re-entry monitor and coordinator on behalf of our brothers and sisters in distress, and we employ you to act as well in the spirit of Isaiah 61:1 which states, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound”.
A First, Fifth and Sixth Amendment petition is hereby filed in good faith for their release pursuant to 97-280-96 stat.1211 invoking your vested powers under Article II to grant relief by way of clemency and or pardon. Where, the urgent and necessary First Amendment petition is hereby submitted praying that justice be tempered with mercy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Incarcerated individuals are facing a death sentence and this equates to a cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
Mr. President, honoring the Bible you were sworn in on, and took the following oath, stating “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” We implore you to act, releasing prisoners with health issues that put them at a higher risk, the elderly, nonviolent offenders, and rehabilitated individuals, to allow for proper social distancing for those who must remain imprisoned and remove all others from harm's way.
The Bible, laws, statutes, drafted, enacted, and enforced, calls for their release under the following:
The First Step Act, Compassionate Release Act, honoring Attorney General William Barr’s memorandum, and Isaiah 61:1, wherefore the law of the land empowers you and We the People to act on behalf of the imprisoned individuals named below by ordering that the adopted GUA
Mr. Charles William Motton III # 16754-0404
Mr. Ramiro Astello #01836-029
Mr. Christopher Scott #13610-047
Mr. Maurice McDonald #20135-009
Mr. Alvin Taylor #15545-076
Mr. Ralph C. Duke #04061-041
Mr. Robert Michael Evan’s #27140-001
Mr. Edward Omar Spearman #12484-039
Mr. Robert James Smith #06274-039
Mr. Jermaine Duane Irvin #45966-177
Mr. Ernest Gibson III #24386-379
Mr. Leroy Cannon Jr. #05719-158
Mr. Shawn House #51009-039
Mr. Israel Owen Hawkins #22675-045
Mr. President, the fifth and sixth Amendment Constitutionally guarantees a defendant the right to a jury trial, the jury can constitutionally convict you and there-from the individual can be sentenced to up to life in prison. The same fifth and sixth amendment jury nor the public have the power to call for the release of one from prison. The petition now on file before you vest the president with jurisdiction and power to release the prisoner to the public forthwith. Pursuant to 97-280-96 Stat. 12-11 Isaiah 6:1
In our concluding summation we call upon the original 91:1 Psalms and all 3 Branches of the Government
Where a dangerous unjust war was waged on a specific race of “so-called citizens” of the United States of America. All was carried out and conducted without principles. We the petitioners named and listed above honor God’s calling and have fully complied with Matthew 3-2 and saying repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and as God We Trust.
The Founder States
Many of us have lost our love ones due to this undeserving " War on Drugs" because the evil eye that frowned upon us never refocused itself to see that we had been rehabilitated and had a changed heart where we should have been immediately released so we could resuscitate nourish and give respiration and gain reparation back to our community. Mr. President, these men were imprisoned for 10,20,30,40 years there not being timely released we as men lost our dignity and respect as a father, where our place in the community became a ghost. Our daughters gave birth to chemically dependent children, from there some became prostitutes, our young sons became drug dealers, robbers, gang members, etc. myself and many other men who were imprisoned for a long period of time have personally lost their son's, and many loved ones due to the Crime Bill. My daughter had to get both of her legs and some of her fingers amputated because I wasn't allowed to give her a kidney. Being the head of the family demanding that we get checkups yearly, caused my wife's death because I wasn't there to make sure she was getting her yearly checkups, she let it go. These are some of the tragedies and losses that we’ve as confined men have personally suffered through; this is just a bird’s eye view of what other families have suffered through. My father came to visit me and died the same day after he left the prison of a heart attack because of the undue stress. Our cities became like Beirut, bummed out. Detroit's population went from 1,800,000 to 600,000, once drug addiction took its effect it killed the labor force, without a labor force, the city starts migrating to other parts of the world. Buyable businesses and schools that was once thriving businesses now lye with grass grown around them 6ft or taller. Homes were dilapidated, left abandon for our children to get raped. Where our city was left deserted raggedy and tore down and sent to the dump. That casted our city into a dark age of ruins. We come to you Mr President because God has chosen you to do this job and I’m asking you to accept S.O.D. (Sense of Direction) as a remedy and a solution that can be utilized to release the men and women back into the community forthwith where Ministers, Families, Friends, and community who have adopted these prisoners who have served in excess 10,20,30,40 years of prison time, some with more than 100's of positive accomplishments.
Mr. President when will they be able to show their growth and ability to become caring and productive citizens, after they have completed all of this at taxpayers' expense? Mr. President by the grace of God we pray, that you yourself, S.O.D. Ministers, families, friends, community using their infinite wisdom working together we can make America Great Again. By reviving our cities, by bringing back industry, opening our schools, and training programs, rebuilding our neighborhoods. Mr. President I would like to sit down with you and share the wisdom that God has shared with me to rebuild our cities and reestablish our communities.
On April 24th, 2020 Mr. Felix Walls, with family support was the first lifer to receive his freedom, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, his life sentence was reduced to time served, yet he's still serving 5 years’ parole due to the fact the court's and the government failed to keep their word to release him 4 years ago, and still needs clemency.
That upon his release my father has used his cognitive ability to start a Foundation called SOD "SENSE of DIRECTION” to make it affordable for Ministers, Tax Payers, Family Members, Mentors, Community Leaders, Doctors, Lawyers, as well as Prominent citizens, to adopt a prisoner in order to help them become productive returning citizens. SOD has a remedy and a solution that will end mass Incarceration and will guarantee a lower amount of recidivism in all communities.
I pray we the supporters, please continue to support my father and the many others by continuing to sign and share this petition to help others gain clemency from President Biden.
President Biden, please support this petition and by the "power vested" in you grant my father Felix Walls and the individuals listed below that has suffered long enough a clemency.
1) I am Rev. Charles Motton, we the family, friends, and community adopt my grandson Mr. Charles William Motton the 111 #16754-040, who was sentenced to 7 years in the Western District of Michigan and has served 5 years, for a non-violent drug offense, based on "War on Drugs" that almost turned into a death sentence when I was transferred to U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont, Texas. I was ordered into a cell with another inmate, who was serving 3 life sentences for 3 murders, the inmate, immediately warned me and the guard not to come in there. I refused to go in the cell, informing the officer that I'm in the wrong prison, because my disciplinary had been dismissed. I told them that I would go to solitary confinement rather than to go in there with that man. The guard refused to take me to the hole, gave me a direct order, opened the door and forced me into the cell, after that the inmate told me man find you somewhere else to go. After they unlocked the cell and let us out, I asked other inmates were anymore cells available everybody said no. When I returned to my cell the man asked me did I find another cell, I told him no, I laid down fell asleep, the man stabbed me, they rushed me to the hospital, I died on the operating table they revived me, after the X-Rays they told me I had Cancer, and they had to do emergency surgery or I would die, they operated on me and removed my thyroid, two years later I found out that I didn't have cancer at all and was left with a half of thyroid. That was a ploy for them to bill the government. All of this occurred, when I was in a state of mental distraught, whereas they refused to let me talk to my family or get a second opinion. I am now suffering from Major Depression Disorder, PTSD, Unspecified Personality Disorder, Hypothyroidism, and Unspecified Personality, it is to be noted I would not have received the same sentence under today's guidelines. All that has occurred above and the suffering that derived therefrom, I pray that I be granted immediate release.
2) I am Rev Brandon Morrow, we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Ramiro Astello #01836-029, who was sentenced to life in prison, the crime occurred two days after he turned 18, today he is 41 years old and has served 23 years. All of this occurred when a friend of his brother called asking for a ride, his brothers car was mechanically dysfunctional, Ramiro being his brother’s keeper took his brother to pick the friend up unknowingly that the friend had kidnapped someone, and that he was going to face this never ending nightmare. The friend was high totally out of his mind and had Ramiro afraid of what could happen to him or his family if he didn't comply. The jury found Ramiro guilty of kidnapping, and at sentencing, he was sentenced under relevant conduct for causing a death. Today his sentence would have been the same as his Co-Defendants who have been set free long ago. Ramiro is highly regarded by inmates and staff as well as any Inmate, Officer, or staff will tell, if you look into Ramiro's eyes you will see the God in his very soul. Let's stop costing the taxpayer’s money and set Ramiro free.
3) Minister Alliance of Omaha, Nebraska, family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Christopher Scott #13610-047 who has served 32 years of the mandatory life sentence that was imposed due to the "War on Drugs" in Omaha, Nebraska. Christopher was convicted of Conspiracy, Continuing Criminal Enterprise, and Money Laundering, the conspiracy charge was set aside as a lesser offense of the continuing criminal enterprise. Christopher would not have received a life sentence if sentenced today. Christopher suffers from the following: Hypertension, and Acute Respiratory Infection and being exposed to COVID-19 that could affect him and cause him an early death, than his life expand would allow him to live. Christopher has been a model prisoner completing the following: Custodial Apprenticeship 2000-Ins, Parenting Classes, Stress Management, Resume Workshop, Legal Research Class, and various others as well an outstanding mentor for the younger prisoners and highly respected by inmates and staff.
4) I am Sharon Nesbitt we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Maurice McDonald #20135-009, who was sentenced 30'years in prison by the Eastern Division of Arkansas and has served 22 years and 3 months. Maurice was convicted of Conspiracy to distribute Cocaine, Cocaine base, Marijuana, and PCP Maurice was also convicted of distributing 15 pounds of Marijuana, 2 ounces of Cocaine base and Felony Possession of a Fireman. Today Maurice sentence would be different than being sentenced under the "War on Drugs" Maurice has been a model prisoner and has obtained skills that will help him become a productive citizen upon his release such as Clerical, Quality Assurance, Sewing, Machine Operator, and trouble shooting. Maurice will be a great access to the community, he will be a great mentor. Let's save the taxpayers money and get Maurice home.
5) I am Rev Leonard Mason, we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Alvin Taylor #15545-076 who was sentenced to life and 424 months in prison for an 18 U.S.C.1951Hobbs Act Violation. Alvin at 54 has served half of his life in prison on a nonviolent crime. The Maximum Sentence that could have been imposed under the Jury's Verdict was 20 years. Mr. Taylor has completed the following: Behavior Development Class, Advanced Typing, Self Esteem Performance, ELL Orientation Ace, MS Office Publishing, Recreation Aide, and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Program. Mr. Taylor suffers from the following: Diabetes, General, Hypertension and Neurology. The today’s guidelines would afford Mr. Taylor an immediate release relieving the Taxpayers of their Burden.
6) I am Minister Mark Anthony we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Ralph C. Duke #04061-041 was sentenced to life in prison and at this date has served 31 years, under a War on Drug Conviction. Mr. Duke is a first-time offender who received a Maximum Sentence on all charges. Mr. Duke has been a model prisoner completing the following: Leather Work Instruction, Addiction Ace, Adult Basic Education, Men’s Health Counselor GRP and many other accomplishments. Mr. Duke suffers from the following: Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Asthma, three broken Vertebrates and a Cracked Knee Cap. Mr. Duke hope and pray that he would be granted his freedom, so that whatever little time he has left to spend with his family and love ones. Let's get Mr. Duke home to spend his lasting days with his grandchildren.
7). We the Ministers of Alliance, family, friends, and community adopt, Mr. Robert Michael Evans #27140-001, sentenced by the Northern District of Alabama (North Eastern Division) to life in prison. Mr. Evans has served 12 years and is a paraplegic, under today's guidelines his sentence would be different. It is to be specifically noted that he was number 8 or 9 on the indictment and all of his Co-defendants has been released. Mr. Evans is disabled, paralyzed and suffers from these illnesses: Hypertension, Diabetes, Weaken Immune System, and open wounds. Mr. Evans has completed the following: Life Correction, GED, Safe Serve, Anger, Management, Non-Residential Drug Program, VT Computer, Legal Research, and Introduction to Business. We pray that Mr. Evans is released forthwith.
8) I am Rev Tommy Conley and The Ministers of Alliance, family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Edward Omar Spearman #12484-039 sentenced to life in prison+25 years by the Eastern District of Michigan and has served 30 years. In today's guidelines Mr. Spearman's sentence would be different. Mr. Spearman suffers from these illnesses: Lipoma of other skin, and subcutaneous tissue, Astigmatism, Presbyopia, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney disease stage 2, Congenital and Varicose veins of lower extremities. Mr. Spearman has completed the following: Computer VT, College TU7, college History Class, Basic Writing Skills, English 101, and German 10 as well as 115 other accomplishments. Mr. Spearman is also certified in Custodial Maintenance, Real Estate and electrical trade. Mr. spearman has 115 accomplishments that call for urgent consideration because without any foreseeable light, he completed the above courses to better himself as a man, this alone warrants his release and eliminates him from the taxpayers.
9) I am Rev. Tommy Conley, we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Robert James Smith #06274-039 sentenced to 69 months out of the United States District Court of North Dakota, and has served 19 months, he's 75 years of age, a resident of Detroit, in danger of catching COVID-19, due to his age and underlying health issues. Mr. Smith has completed the following: Agricultural Opport's, Chess Class, Intro to Stocks, currently participating in the RDAP drug program. Mr. Smith suffers from the following: High Blood Pressure and Sleep Apena. Mr. Smith sentence does not carry a death sentence and due to the Pandemic, he should be released to his family and community who will monitor his re-entry to society.
10) We the Minister of Alliance of Northern District of Texas, family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Jermaine Duane Irvin #45966-177, who was sentenced to 420 months, by the Northern District of Texas and has served 7 years on a nonviolent crime, if sentenced today guidelines would be different. Irvin before coming to prison raised and sold rabbits and chickens on eBay, he cleaned out garages and collected junk, he received a check from the government and rent subsidy due to his mental health issues. Mr. Irvin suffers from the following illness: Asthma, and High Blood Pressure, which are underlying health issues, that could cause a death sentence that he wasn't sentenced to, if Mr. Irvin comes in contact with the COVID-19. Mr. Irvin is a tutor, and has worked his way up and has completed the following his GED, English Proficient, Resume Workshop, Introduction to leather, RPP Accounting Self Pace, Money Smart, Legal Research, and various others, that would help him gain steady employment, once he's granted a second chance. The words of a P.O.W. I only have my God-given wisdom, work ethics, along with my will to survive. A bird's eye view of Mr. Irvin's case will let you know that he's a victim and should not be in prison. Let's get Mr. Irvin home so that he can use the skills he learned to become a productive member of society and help others.
11) We the Minister of Alliance of Houston, Texas, family, and friends adopt Mr. Ernest Gibson III #24386-379, who was a College Professor and has been an outstanding Mentor and Tutor for younger inmates, who are seeking to better themselves where he has influenced them to be a more productive and better citizen once they are free Mr. Gibson was sentenced to 540 months by the United District of Texas, Houston Division and has served 5 years on a nonviolent crime. Mr. Gibson is 76 old and suffers from the following: Chronic Kidney Disease (Cancerous), Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension, Immunosuppression, due to his illness and the nature of his charge warrants his release.
12) I am Dr. Bernard Cannon, we family, friends, and the community adopt my brother Mr. Leroy Cannon Jr. #05719-158, who was sentenced 15 years by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and has served 5 years for a non-violent crime. Mr. Cannon has been an exemplary prisoner and a role model, for younger prisoners during his incarceration, he is respectful to all the prison staff, guards, and other prisoners, he is treated with much respect in return. My brother has learned a great skill while incarcerated, learning how-to design and create leather crafts, in which he plans to use his newfound skills upon his release to build his own brand and become one of the greatest designers of all times. Mr. Cannon is 71 years of age and suffers from the following: High Blood Pressure, Type 2 Diabetes, Bone Loss, and Anxiety Panic Disorder, this should warrant his immediate release due to the fact he wasn't sentenced to a death sentence, and if he catches the COVID19 or Corona Virus, it might cause him to lose his life. Honestly, incarceration has made him a better person, father, and grandfather, he is patient and kind and it would be an honor for myself, family, and the community to monitor him.
13) I am Rev. Tommy Conley, we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Shaun House #51009-039 who was sentenced to 15 years by the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Michigan and has served 5 1/2 years. Mr. House suffers from the following: Hypertension Blood Pressure, BMI 30 Plus. Mr. House has accomplished the following: Small Business Finance, Basic Stock, Real Estate, (Intra) Commercial Driver License, Drug Education Course, and on the waiting list for RDAP. Mr. House wasn't sentenced to a death sentence and if exposed to the COVID-19 or the Corona Virus, it could cause him a death sentence that wasn't warranted. Let's help monitor Mr. House and help get him back home to his family, friends, and the community!
14) I am Rev. Charles Cofield, we the family, friends, and community adopt Mr. Israel Owen Hawkins #22675-045 sentenced by the United States District Court of Missouri to 30 years and have served 7 years on a non-violent crime. Mr. Hawkins is 65 years old and suffers from the following: shortness of breath, Arrythmia, and if exposed to the COVID-19 or Coronavirus it could lead to a death sentence that wasn’t warranted to him. Mr. Hawkins has completed numerous programs and became an instructor for business and financial classes. Mr. Hawkins has been an innovator, leader, and great motivator to inmates and their families while in prison.