Ronald Thompson - FloridaConvicted under Florida's "10-20-Life" law, Ronald Thompson's sentencing judge refused to impose the 20 year mandatory minimum required, calling the sentence a "crime in itself." The judge imposed a three-year mandatory minimum instead, but the prosecutor appealed and the appeals court ruled the 20-year mandatory minimum must be imposed.
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Orville Lee Wollard III - FloridaOrville is serving 20 years in state prison for firing a warning shot with a legally registered firearm in order to protect his wife and daughters.
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Erik Weyant - FloridaErik was sentenced to a 20-year mandatory minimum under Florida's "10-20-life" law for discharging a firearm in an attempt to protect himself from an angry group of men.
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Marissa Alexander - FloridaMarissa, a mother of three, is serving a 20-year mandatory prison sentence under Florida's "10-20-Life" law for firing a warning shot into the air in order to get her abusive husband to leave.
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Todd Hannigan - FloridaUnder Florida law, Todd's failed suicide attempt warranted 15 years in prison.
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Scott Earle - FloridaSentenced under Florida's draconian mandatory minimums for pain medications, Scott is serving 25 years.
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Todd Oosterink - FloridaBorn with brittle bone disease, Todd was dependent on prescription medication from a very young age. He turned to illicit drugs to numb his physical and emotional pain as he grew older.
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Erik K. Arthur - FloridaErik, a former pharmacist, is serving 25 years in prison under Florida's harsh sentencing laws for prescription drugs.
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Eric Duphily - MassachusettsEric was heavily addicted to cocaine and selling it to support his habit when an acquaintance turned him in. He was convicted under Massachusett's mandatory minimums and received 13 years. Eric overcame his addiction in prison and was paroled in 2013.
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Robert Anger - MassachusettsRobert is serving a 15-year mandatory minimum drug sentence in Massachusetts.
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Michael Charros - MassachusettsMichael Charros is serving over 17 years in prison for a nonviolent cocaine offense.
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Michelle Taylor - NevadaOn April 15, 2010, Michelle Lyn Taylor was given a life sentence for forcing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breast through her clothing.
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Tracy Cowan - MichiganTracy is still serving a 20 to 40-year sentence under mandatory minimum sentencing laws that were reformed years ago.
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Atiba Parker - MississippiAtiba is serving 42 years in a Mississippi prison for less than three grams of crack cocaine.
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Ricardo Arias - MichiganRicardo is serving life under a Michigan law that no longer exists.
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David Lee Sanchez - North CarolinaUnfortunately, the drug dealing lifestyle swept up David at a very early age. He was only 14 when he first started to sell marijuana to support his habit.
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James Belt - LouisianaJames was an educated and hard-working family man whose drug addiction eventually culminated in a life sentence in Louisiana state prison.
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Erik Thompson - MarylandErik is serving 25 years under Maryland's mandatory sentencing laws.
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Guadalupe Zuniga - North CarolinaGuadalupe is serving more than 18 years in North Carolina.
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