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To: State senator's
Full Restoration Rights in Tennessee after 6yrs of the charges
Hi my name is Melissa Harwell I live in 1 of the most dangerous cities in Tennessee.Memphis I'm 49 now a felon before 2016 I never had a record owned 2 business and a mother of 5 son's doing well for myself feeding the less fortunate,adopted an elementary school giving back to my community and paying my taxes I took pride in being a citizen of Memphis til 12/24/2016 my car was stolen I went looking for it after police told me they don't have enough staff to look for my vehicle I was licensed to carry for 6yrs so I went looking worst mistake of my life my sister and I see my car pull up behind them we get out I yelled give me my car back yes we had our guns drown because we was told they carry we had No intention of harming anyone just trying to make an citizens arrest but they fired at us and we returned fire killing 1 injured 1 we had it set for trail loss my oldest son to an car accident 3 weeks later prosecutor come to me with a plea deal as they always do dangled deals very low rates of trail so I took the plea deal I was loosing my mind then my other 4 sons needed me I'm a great mother my children had Never been without me NOMORE then a day or 2 with Family I've been home 4yrs in September and haven't been able to find a job not even a temp job so my son's bought me a food- truck thank God but it doesn't change the fact that I'm still living in this dangerous city without any protection and only now the entire city is tired and feed up and the so called prosecutors oh now they handing out self-defense like candy while my life is destroyed not to mention I can't protect myself in this dangerous city where everyone can carry a gun without a permit NOT even any training but wonder why our crime is over powering our city not to mention Memphis is 85% black citizens and over half of them are felons most of them forced to become felons like myself and yet I've completed all the requirements that the judge ordered me to complete 400 hours of community service,anger management, high school diploma and criminal thinking so I see no reason why I shouldn't have my Rights Fully Restored please and thank you
Why is this important?
Because it's so many people who where put in my very same position or similar