Jomari DeLeon made two drug sales over 24 hours, making less than $200. Kingpin? Hardly. Yet this first-time offender was sentenced to 15 years. Even the judge didn’t want to give her that much time. And making matters worse, the same crime today carries three years. A second chance for Jomari is humane, just, and common sense.

Rick, a drug addict with no prior criminal convictions, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison because of mandatory minimum sentencing laws. The judge at his trial had no choice but to hand down the brutal sentence, calling it “wrong” and “excessive.” Rick, now 38, arrived at federal prison in July of 2018, knowing that he most likely would spend the rest of his life there. Tragically, Rick Turner died in prison on June 13, 2019.