Sharanda Jones got a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense. It took 16 years to secure her freedom
As a law student, Brittany Barnett started fighting draconian drug laws. She’s helped 11 people gain clemency. Author: Tanya Eiserer Updated: 7:30 PM CST February 7, 2021
DALLAS The laughter comes easy when you’re friends for life.
“When we met, it was just like we had known each other forever,” Brittany Barnett said.
Her friend, Sharanda Jones, agrees, smiling as they enjoy each other’s company sitting on a bench in a downtown park.
“To be sitting out here, breathing, this nice fresh air, this is like, amazing,” Sharanda said.
Inmate given clemency by Trump had backing of former judge who sentenced him to life
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A federal judge who sentenced a Clarksville, Tennessee, man to life in prison in a drug trafficking case greeted him in person after then-President Donald Trump commuted the sentence in January.
In an airport meeting, U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp of the Middle District of Tennessee hugged and posed for pictures with 32-year-old Chris Young, whom he had sentenced in 2014 under a mandatory sentence law.
After stepping down from the bench in 2017, Sharp denounced mandatory minimum sentences in an interview with the Tennessean and pointed to one case that particularly troubled him that of Young. Sharp was required to sentence Young to life in prison under a federal three-strikes law because Young had two prior drug dealing convictions.
Welcome back to the first VR Game Launch Roundup of 2021, a time where
VRFocus looks to the week ahead and what virtual reality (VR) content is due to arrive. While January can be a quiet month after all the festive sales have ended there are still a few interesting titles to arrive, especially for PlayStation VR owners.
CollabHub – CollabHub
Ok, so not technically a videogame but with lots of you having to work remotely these types of app are becoming popular.
CollabHub is built around a central whiteboard where up to 12 of you can get together come up with ideas, and then put digital pen to digital paper so to speak.