i got 12 years. under the rockefeller drug laws of new york state which mandate mandatory minimum sentencing drug laws something the president wants to reform. many many people are in prison serving is 15 20 25 years for small amounts of drugs and they re rotting away in the system. were you going to sell the drugs, take the drugs? i was a courier. basically took the envelope from the bronx to mt. vernon. walked into a police operation. they placed me under arrest. i wound up being sentenced to two 15 years to life terms. you spent 12 years in singsing. yes. the only way i got out was by the governor of new york state granting me executive clemo