To: Governor Gavin Newsom
HELP SET MEGHAN POWELL FREE
HELP SET MEGHAN POWELL FREE - A JUVENILE SENTENCED TO 35YRS TO LIFE. DEFINITELY NOT THE SHOOTER. NOT AT THE SCENE. NO CRIMINAL RECORD BEFORE. A CHILD WHO HAS NOW SERVED 10 YEARS.
Why is this important?
MY NIECE, MEGHAN POWELL, WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS PRESSURED INTO A "PLEA BARGAIN" FROM VERY INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL WHO TOLD HER THAT SIGNING THE "BARGAIN" WAS THE BEST THING SHE COULD DO. SHE WAS LOCKED UP WITH NO ACCESS TO A PHONE AND MEDICATED. ITS JUST NOT RIGHT WHAT OUR SYSTEM DOES TO CHILDREN! ITS BEEN TEN YEARS. THE FEMALE PRISONS ARE OVERCROWDED AND RELEASING INMATES. MEGHAN WOULD NOT BE ANY TROUBLE TO OUR SOCIETY. IN FACT, SHE PLANS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A POSITIVE WAY TO THE JUVENILE COMMUNITY.