Second Chances

Second Chances

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October 12, 2022
Signatures: 7Next Goal: 10
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Started by LaTrenda Hugley

HELLO, I WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL ABOUT MY BROTHER (THELRON COLEMAN). MY BROTHER HAS BEEN INCARCERATED FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. HE WAS LIKE MANY OTHERS YOUNG AND FOOLISH. HE AN I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE IS NOT THAT SAME MAN TODAY. YES HE DID SOME STUPID THINGS AS A YOUNG MAN BUT DO HE DESERVE TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS GIVEN LIFE WITHOUT PAROL. HE HAS BEEN IN THE FEDERAL PRISON FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS OR MORE WITHOUT ANY WRITE UP AND HE HAS MULTIPLE JOBS AT THE PRISON, LIKE RUNNING AND WORKING IN THE STORE, SUICIDE WATCH AND A MENTOR TO SOME INMATES JUST TO NAME A FEW THEIR ARE MANY MORE. WHEN HE FIRST WENT INTO PRISON HIS LEVEL WAS HIGH, IT DROPPED TO MEDIUM A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR HIS FREEDOM FOR YEARS. HIS COURT APPOINTED LAWYER TOLD US THAT WE COULD NOT FILE AN APPEAL UNTIL HE WENT INTO FEDERAL CUSTODY SO WE WAITED. THE FEDERAL OFFICER DIDN'T COME FOR 15 YEARS. ONCE THEY CAME WE TRIED TO FILE THE APPEAL. I REACHED OUT TO FRANK HOGUE WHO WAS HIS ATTORNEY AT THE TIME OF SENCTENCING AND ALL HE COULD SAY WAS THEY JUST COMING AT HIM. I HIRED MANY LAWYER OVER THE YEARS WITH NO CHANGE. MY BROTHER HAS A SUPPORT SYSTEM HERE AT HOME JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO COME HOME. (HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT) MANY COMPANY'S SENT LETTERS TO THE COURT LETTINGING THEM KNOW THAT HE HAS A JOB WAITING ON HIM AND OFFICERS AT THE PRISON SENT IN CHARACTER LETTERS ON HIS BEHALF. PLEASE CHECK FOR YOURSELF HIS RECORD ON WHO HE IS TODAY NOT HIS PAST, THEN YOU TOO WILL SEE THAT HE HAS CHANGED. HE HAS A SON AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO BE APART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES SINCE HE COULD ONLY BE APART OF HIS SONS LIFE BY PHONE AND MONTHLY VISITS WHEN HE WAS IN STATE PRISON. WE LOST OUR MONTHER IN 2017, SHE PRAYED FOR HIS FREEDOM WHILE SHE WAS HERE NOW THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO US TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIS FREEDOM. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE ABOUT MY BROTHER (THELRON COLEMAN). PLEASE GIVE US THE TIME TO ENJOY THE REST OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER WITH HIM BEING A FREE MAN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 

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Signatures: 7Next Goal: 10
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