*How much is a life worth? What about two lives? For sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott, $11 earned them each double life sentences.
Jamie and Gladys were convicted of being accomplices to a 1993 robbery. The teenagers who carried out the robbery served only two years in prison. The judge never explained why the Scott sisters deserved such severe sentences.
Sixteen years later, the Scott sisters are still in prison. And if Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour doesn’t intervene, they will die in prison — all over just $11. You can get the word out about this horrific injustice.
Sign the NAACP petition to Governor Barbour asking him to free the Scott sisters:
http://action.naacp.org/FreeTheScottSisters
When the Scott sisters were put on trial, neither Jamie nor Gladys had a criminal record. But the presiding judge in their trial, Judge Marcus Gordon, has a history of racially biased rulings.
In all my years working to reform the criminal justice system, I have never seen such an extreme sentence for this type of crime. I am not alone. Even the original prosecutor in the case has since become an advocate for the sisters’ freedom.
Yours in the struggle,
Ben Jealous, President and CEO NAACP
Where is the rest of the story?!
Neither EUR or the NAACP thought to list some key facts that are missing!
Was someon killed in the commission of this crime?
If no one was killed, was someone left severely disabled or somehow had their life alterred due to the commission of this crime?
The NAACP website says the sisters claim they weren’t involved. Is there reason to question the credibility of the witness(es) against them?
What was the race of the two individuals that committed the crime and what was the reasoning for their only getting two years?
Why weren’t the ridiculous sentences overturned by the state’s highest court? Why hasn’t a governor in that state chosen to intervene before now? Why hasn’t this made it to the Supreme Court yet?
I can keep going but, I think you all should get it by now.
I’m not signing anything. There are way to many gaps on both webpages and I don’t follow blindly. Give me the complete story first and then, I’ll decide if I believe that they weren’t involved (following other fools!) and whether or not their sentences should be commuted.
People who knowingly do wrong, and especially without regard to others, piss me off. People want to do their shit but, they don’t want to pay the cost to be the boss. Actions have consequences! Then, they want to complain about the amount of time they get. It may be excessive but, if we allowed everyone to dictate the terms of their own incarceration, no one would be repaying their debt to society.
Don’t do wrong and be mindful of the company you keep!
@ Brooklyn babe I agree with you however it was armed robbery no one was killed,the judge the girls came up against had 30 years earlier granted bail to the Ku Klux Klan killers of the three civil rights workers Cheney, Schwerner and Goodman. Here’s more on the story from another story from eur web.
http://www.eurthisnthat.com/2010/09/16/video-sisters-seek-pardon-from-life-for-armed-robbery/#more-15719
I’m signing the petition and will circulate it as well. People have no idea how they can place themselves in situations that can snowball into something they never imagined.
The Scott Sisters are so blessed to have had so many good people working behind the scenes toward their release. The many petitions, phone calls to the prison and the govenor’s office that are too countless to mention. As well as their Attorney Mr. Lumumba that pledged never to stop fighting for the Scott Sisters until they gained their freedom. Check out an interview he did back in October where he stated they could possibly be home by Christmas. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/centerstage/2010/10/02/scott-sisters-update