13 Years for Two Joints? Louisiana Gov. Jindal Needs to Correct Injustice With Clemency

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014.

By: Anthony Papa: Drug Policy Alliance

As a former prisoner who served 12 years of a 15-to-life sentence for a nonviolent drug crime in New York, I know all too well the draconian nature of the war on drugs.

I was lucky enough to be granted executive clemency in 1997. Since my release I have continued to advocate for prisoners who are stuck in prison, sentenced to tremendous amounts of time…