The AC Phoenix
January 2006
Page 9
A CRY FOR MERCY
Dear Editor;
My parents are retired, old and sick. They live on a thinning
fixed income. Three years ago they lost their home in Titusville,
Florida due to outrageous medical bills caused by my father’s
heart attack and lack of medical insurance. Just recently, my
mother underwent a hip transplant that further placed them in
more debt and now hurricane Charlie has left them impover
ished. I am their only child and they need my help now more
than ever.
However, I presently find myself incarcerated and I have no
money to hire an attorney to help me get back into the district
court to reduce my draconian life sentence in accordance to the
Blakely ruling by the United States Supreme Court. Please take
notice that I am a first-time, nonviolent drug offender. That prior
to my arrest I was a homeowner who had a family and was
gainfully employed in a prestigious position as an airline pilot by
Eastern Airlines. I lived well under my means in a modest home,
cars were two to three years old and I have worked every day of
rriy adult life.
However, I was indicted for a conspiracy to possess with the
intent to distribute in excess of five-kilos of cocaine. I took my
case to trial. The jury found me guilty of the five-kilo conspiracy
and the judge, at sentencing, enhanced me to life. None of the
enhancements were presented to the jury or were they charged
in the indictment.
I am now in desperate need of a law professor, law student, or
a law firm—some one that can provide legal assistance to get
me back into the district court. The reason being that I am
ignorant of the law. I just cannot see the complexity of the law
to properly defend myself. I do not understand case law; it
makes no logical sense to me. I cannot make motions or habeas
corpus on my behalf. Further, I do not want to die in prison for
a nonviolent drug offense and an offense in where the
government stated that there were no “victims.” I need a Good
Samaritan with legal expertise to help me get home by being
re-sentenced to a level 32, Category 1, in accordance to my
indictment, conviction and as per the United States Sentencing
Guidelines. Since I have already done fifteen years of incarcer
ation, a corrected sentence to level 32, Category I, would mean
between 120 to 151 months of incarceration, which further
translates into time served, if I could be properly sentenced!
If you cannot help me at this time by publishing this letter, for
whatever reasons, please pass along my Name, and address to
some one you know that can help me. I firmly believe that I have
been over sentenced and I am desperate to get back home to
my family.
If you wish to verify my story, or that of my parents, you may
contact my parents in Titusville, Florida at 321-267-4647.
DAVID CORREA
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