2020-07-20 15:31:29 -0400
To: The Florida State Senate
Petition To Grant Melvin Perez Clemency
This petition is made in an effort to gain support for Melvin Perez' Petition for Executive Clemency, which is currently pending. We ask you to support Melvin Perez by signing this Petition and also forwarding it to others to sign and share with other organizations or interested people. We thank you for your support. Please sign this petition.
INTRODUCTION: Melvin Perez is a 40-year-old who is currently housed at the Franklin Correctional Institution in Florida. In August 1997, Mr. Perez was arrested and initially charged with one count of murder, later followed by an additional count of attempted armed robbery. In March and June 2000, he went before the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in and for Osceola County, where, respectively, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was found guilty after trial of attempted armed robbery and aggravated assault. The court sentenced him to 25 years for the murder and 5 years for the aggravated assault and 15 years for the attempted armed robbery.
THE ROBBERY CASE: Perez did not have any involvement in the attempt robbery case. In fact, he was somewhere else at the time and had five alibi witnesses that he did not have anything to do with it. Had it not been for that case, Perez would have been out of prison by now, that is why it is so important to support Melvin Perez by signing this petition. Since the ends of justice are never served by convicting an innocent person of a crime he did not commit.
INSTITUTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Perez has participated in educational and spiritual programs, helping him become a productive, law-abiding citizen upon his release from prison. Perez participated in Substance Abuse and Anger Management classes; An HIV/ AIDS course from the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc.; The Way HOME BRIDGE BUILDERS; completed a life skills and human values course; completed his High School diploma; received certificates for the Cross City Jaycees in Speak Up, Enhancing Family Life, certificate of membership, award of merit for CPG Class, success after prison; Mastery of Wellness certificate; completed vocational in Automotive Repair and Refinishing; a seminar on AIDS. Perez also completed personal fitness, lifetime physical fitness and wellness, exercise and relaxation, understanding and overcoming addiction. In addition, Perez completed a Legal Assistant/ Paralegal program from Blackstone Career Institute. From Ashworth University, Perez completed the following programs: Professional Paralegal Studies, Professional Paralegal Foundation with Honors, Civil Litigation and Professional Civil Litigation Specialty with Honors. In total Perez completed about 75 - 100 courses during his incarceration.
GRANTING CLEMENCY: We are asking you to sign and share this petition. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. Perez completed his sentence for the murder. Had it not been for the robbery conviction, which Perez did not do, Perez would be a free man. The ends of justice require that the innocent be freed. That is why your support is needed. Thanks for your support. Let's help Melvin be a free man.
INTRODUCTION: Melvin Perez is a 40-year-old who is currently housed at the Franklin Correctional Institution in Florida. In August 1997, Mr. Perez was arrested and initially charged with one count of murder, later followed by an additional count of attempted armed robbery. In March and June 2000, he went before the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in and for Osceola County, where, respectively, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was found guilty after trial of attempted armed robbery and aggravated assault. The court sentenced him to 25 years for the murder and 5 years for the aggravated assault and 15 years for the attempted armed robbery.
THE ROBBERY CASE: Perez did not have any involvement in the attempt robbery case. In fact, he was somewhere else at the time and had five alibi witnesses that he did not have anything to do with it. Had it not been for that case, Perez would have been out of prison by now, that is why it is so important to support Melvin Perez by signing this petition. Since the ends of justice are never served by convicting an innocent person of a crime he did not commit.
INSTITUTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Perez has participated in educational and spiritual programs, helping him become a productive, law-abiding citizen upon his release from prison. Perez participated in Substance Abuse and Anger Management classes; An HIV/ AIDS course from the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc.; The Way HOME BRIDGE BUILDERS; completed a life skills and human values course; completed his High School diploma; received certificates for the Cross City Jaycees in Speak Up, Enhancing Family Life, certificate of membership, award of merit for CPG Class, success after prison; Mastery of Wellness certificate; completed vocational in Automotive Repair and Refinishing; a seminar on AIDS. Perez also completed personal fitness, lifetime physical fitness and wellness, exercise and relaxation, understanding and overcoming addiction. In addition, Perez completed a Legal Assistant/ Paralegal program from Blackstone Career Institute. From Ashworth University, Perez completed the following programs: Professional Paralegal Studies, Professional Paralegal Foundation with Honors, Civil Litigation and Professional Civil Litigation Specialty with Honors. In total Perez completed about 75 - 100 courses during his incarceration.
GRANTING CLEMENCY: We are asking you to sign and share this petition. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. Perez completed his sentence for the murder. Had it not been for the robbery conviction, which Perez did not do, Perez would be a free man. The ends of justice require that the innocent be freed. That is why your support is needed. Thanks for your support. Let's help Melvin be a free man.
Why is this important?
We are looking For Clemency for Melvin Perez.
How it will be delivered
By Mail or email !