Daniel Mosley, grad student studying drug counselling, gets life for dismissed possession charge
Mosley was arrested for purchasing four ounces of meth from a dealer but the trial judge dismissed the case. Following the district attorney’s appeal, the dismissal was reversed and Mosley was retried and convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine.
As soon as he was released on bond for this arrest, Mosley, realizing that he was sick and needed help, completed an intensive 10-month inpatient drug treatment program. He had gotten clean for the first time in his life, enrolled in graduate school, and was working toward a master’s degree in drug and alcohol counseling.
Two years later Mosley was about to enter a halfway house and resume his studies when he was sentenced to mandatory life without parole for the reversed charge.
Mosley had been recommended for one-year community sentencing. In a pre-sentence investigation report, a parole officer noted that Mosley had completed inpatient drug treatment and maintained a drug-free lifestyle, concluding, “He does not appear to pose an immediate threat to the community…it seems it would be most beneficial to work with him in a community setting.
Read full story at ACLU Special Report. A Living Death: Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses..
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