for selling weed to an undercover informant. the state says he was also in possession of a firearm. - the gun wasn t in his possession during the crime. it was at his home while he sold the drugs at another location. michael thompson was convicted in may 1996, a jury finding him guilty on five felony charges. - the judge ordered thompson to serve decades in prison despite there being a plea deal at the time that would ve resulted in probation. - because he was considered a habitual offender, thompson received a 40 to 60-year prison sentence. - the parole board has an opportunity to send his case to governor whitmer for clemency. - the request for clemency will hit governor whitmer s desk tomorrow. [soft dramatic music]
- he was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for selling weed to an undercover informant. the state says he was also in possession of a firearm. - the gun wasn t in his possession during the crime. it was at his home while he sold the drugs at another location. michael thompson was convicted in may 1996, a jury finding him guilty on five felony charges. - the judge ordered thompson to serve decades in prison despite there being a plea deal at the time that would ve resulted in probation. - because he was considered a habitual offender, thompson received a 40 to 60-year prison sentence. - the parole board has an opportunity to send his case to governor whitmer for clemency. - the request for clemency will hit governor whitmer s desk tomorrow. [soft dramatic music]
- he was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for selling weed to an undercover informant. the state says he was also in possession of a firearm. - the gun wasn t in his possession during the crime. it was at his home while he sold the drugs at another location. michael thompson was convicted in may 1996, a jury finding him guilty on five felony charges. - the judge ordered thompson to serve decades in prison despite there being a plea deal at the time that would ve resulted in probation. - because he was considered a habitual offender, thompson received a 40 to 60-year prison sentence. - the parole board has an opportunity to send his case to governor whitmer for clemency. - the request for clemency will hit governor whitmer s desk tomorrow. [soft dramatic music]
possession of a firearm, the lesson is possession during the crime, it was at his home while he sold the drugs at another location. michael thompson was convicted in may, 1996, a jury finding him guilty of five felony charges. the judge ordered thompson to serve decades in prison despite there being a plea deal at the time, that would ve resulted in probation. because he was considered an habitual offender thompson received a 4 to 60-year prison sentence. the parole board has an opportunity to send s case to governor whitmer for clemency. democrats for clemency will hit woodward s desk tomorrow.
pretty immediately developed a scary safety record. they were only founded in 1992, but by 1995, they had already had an aircraft evacuated on the runway, just before it burned down. by the following, year 1996, it was a terrible fatal crash, may 1996. value jet flight had an on board midair fire. it was caused by hazardous flammable materials that were improperly stored on board. and that plane came down, all 110 people on board that plane died, the plane crashed into the florida everglades. just a terrible disaster. and again that was 1996, value jet had only been around for four years when that happened, but that would be the end of value jet. the company, still existed after that crash, but they decided what they would do is they would buy a little company, called air tran. they decided that the real privilege, the real benefit of buying that little company,