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Good morning. Michael Thompson is 68. Serving 60 years in Michigan for a marijuana sale 25 years ago. Mom, dad, & son died while inside. Was cuffed at his mom's funeral. Her dying wish was he wouldn't die in prison. He was just hospitalized w/ COVID. More: https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-inmate-serving-60-year-sentence-selling-weed/story?id=68611058
In 1994, he sold weed to a police informant. They also found legally owned guns (an antique & one of his wife's) in his house. But he had a record. So they charged him w/ felon in possession. And increased his sentencing bc of his record. Since incarcerated weed was legalized.
"Michigan legalized pot in 2018, laying the groundwork for a profitable legal industry, making it that much harder for him to understand why he’s still behind bars. “'ou know after 25 years, you don’t feel nothing no more. You just feel numb,' he said." https://theintercept.com/2019/05/22/marijuana-legalization-drug-sentencing-prison/
Tens of thousands of people already were calling on @GovWhitmer and her Parole Board to take action. They wouldn't budge. And now he has COVID. Governor Whitmer must commute his sentence immediately. Please join the growing chorus of urgency for release: https://www.freemichaelthompson.com/
