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To: President Donald J. Trump, with support requested from Alice Marie Johnson, White House Pardon Czar, to grant presidential clemency by commuting Jose Muyet’s federal sentence.
A Life Stolen. A Voice Silenced. Help Free Jose Muyet
We ask President Donald J. Trump to grant clemency to Jose Muyet by commuting his federal prison sentence to time served, with appropriate supervision and reentry support.
We urge a meaningful review of his more than three decades of incarceration, demonstrated rehabilitation, and sentence proportionality, including concerns about the application of Pinkerton liability in his case.
Recognize his growth. Give him a second chance to return to his family and serve his community.
Why is this important?
Why is this important?
A sentence should hold a person accountable. It should also leave room to recognize who that person becomes.
Jose Muyet has spent more than three decades in federal prison. With 14 concurrent life sentences plus 205 consecutive years, his punishment leaves no realistic path home through the passage of time alone.
We are asking for presidential clemency and a meaningful second chance—one grounded in a careful review of his individual responsibility, the proportionality of his sentence, and the rehabilitation he has demonstrated.
His case also raises concerns about the broad use of Pinkerton liability, a doctrine that can hold a member of a conspiracy responsible for crimes committed by others when specific legal requirements are met. Its application deserves close examination when the consequences amount to permanent imprisonment.
When responsibility extends to another person’s actions, justice must still examine the individual. What did this person do? What was proved? Was the punishment proportionate? And who has this person become after decades behind bars?
We ask that Jose’s case be reviewed with those questions in mind, including the role of cooperating-witness testimony, the benefits witnesses received, and any sentencing disparities among those involved.
We recognize the seriousness of the offenses and the suffering of victims and their families. Our appeal for mercy does not erase that suffering. It asks whether accountability must always mean dying in prison, even after decades of growth.
Jose has devoted years to education, writing, reflection, and helping others. We believe those efforts deserve meaningful consideration—not simply acknowledgment without any possibility of release.
Second chances should be more than words. Rehabilitation should have a purpose. Clemency should remain a door through which a changed person can return.
By signing and sharing this petition, you are:
- Calling for a fair and individualized clemency review.
- Asking for scrutiny of the use of Pinkerton liability and the proportionality of Jose’s sentence.
- Supporting consideration of his rehabilitation, family support, and readiness for reentry.
- Affirming that accountability, compassion, and public safety can guide the same decision.
Jose cannot make this appeal alone. Your signature helps make his request for mercy visible.
Please sign. Please share. Help us ask the President to give Jose Muyet a meaningful second chance.
Behind every sentence is a human being who can still change.
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