Rockefeller Drug Laws Critic, Anthony Papa

Anthony Papa spent 12 years of a 15 year sentence in a NY prison (one of the 33 new ones built to house prisoners ensnared by the draconian Rockefeller drug laws) before he was pardoned by Governor Pataki.

My blog comment on a short article by him posted Friday led to a phone call, putting us in touch with our joint concern with the overuse of excessive sentences for non-violent drug crimes. If any wish to be in touch with him for their research papers, I have his phone number and his web site is: http://www.15yearstolife.com/

Anthony's entrapment paralleled almost exactly that of one of my former students, Zachary Berman, who similarly was tricked into delivering a package of drugs to a narcotics agent. Anthony is now an active opponent of the prison industrial complex which largely provides employment as guards in upstate prisons for displaced blue collar workers.

Check it out.
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