An error? Is this even legal??
35 YEARS FOR A NON VIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE
Fuck you, America’s criminal justice system
This is heartbreaking 💔
his name is Matthew Charles
Ways you can help:
Donate to the GoFundMe raising money for Matthew’s legal costs.
Sign the Change.org petition asking for clemency (though the efficacy of this is sorely debated)
This is awful.
Stories like this are why I love the internet because sooo many people signed the petition they found a law for him not to have go back to jail hes home. If social media hadnt blew up this story they definitely would have threw him back in
Charles was serving another decade behind bars, but Thursday morning his sentence was unexpectedly reduced to time served, several weeks after the passage of the First Step Act. He was released Thursday. Charles made national headlines last year, after he was re-sentenced and ordered back to prison two years after his release. News outlets from the New York Times to Fox News covered his case, following a WPLN profile on him. A number of public figures, including celebrities and politicians from both parties, have advocated for his freedom.
