angelatc
02-07-2015, 10:42 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/the-new-face-of-the-koch-campaign.html
A father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot. The Koch brothers want to help set him free and make him the face of their new campaign for criminal justice reform.
Weldon Angelos could have hijacked a plane and spent less time in jail. But due to mandatory sentencing laws, the father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot – a term so long even the judge who gave it to him protested its injustice.
A group backed by the Koch brothers agrees, and is now fighting to get him out of prison.
More at the link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/the-new-face-of-the-koch-campaign.html
http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/02/03/the-new-face-of-the-koch-campaign/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/1422988051052.cached.jpg
A father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot. The Koch brothers want to help set him free and make him the face of their new campaign for criminal justice reform.
Weldon Angelos could have hijacked a plane and spent less time in jail. But due to mandatory sentencing laws, the father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot – a term so long even the judge who gave it to him protested its injustice.
A group backed by the Koch brothers agrees, and is now fighting to get him out of prison.
More at the link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/the-new-face-of-the-koch-campaign.html
http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/02/03/the-new-face-of-the-koch-campaign/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/1422988051052.cached.jpg