{"id":1253,"date":"2021-06-22T16:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/?post_type=article&p=1253"},"modified":"2021-06-24T20:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T00:36:28","slug":"beyond-bars-a-throw-away-society","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/article\/beyond-bars-a-throw-away-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Bars: A Throw Away Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Matt Baker A.K.A. \u201cDoc\u201d
Abilene, TX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here in America, we throw things away. We throw away plastic and paper after one use. We throw away people after one mistake. Here at Robertson Unit, I look around me and see a whole \u201cclass\u201d of people who have been thrown away by society. We throw them away by stacking sentences. Our laws are being abused and manipulated by prosecutors and judges. This \u201csystem\u201d of stacking sentences is being used to essentially give defendants life without parole for minor crimes. Our legislatures don\u2019t want to make the necessary changes because they don\u2019t want to be seen as soft on crime. They have \u201cthrown away\u201d the affected inmates. The only way to fight this \u201csystem\u201d of unfair justice is to use their own laws against them. I want to assist people in their appeals. I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to have an outside attorney fighting for me. Most people in here don\u2019t have that luxury. I want to use my time in here to make things difficult for prosecutors. We want them to waste resources fighting us. I want good men to have a second chance at life. I don\u2019t know much about the law. What I do know is that it can be manipulated by anyone willing to put in the effort. Let\u2019s beat them with effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Matt Baker A.K.A. \u201cDoc\u201dAbilene, TX Here in America, we throw things away. We throw away plastic and paper after one use. We throw away people after one mistake. Here at Robertson Unit, I look around me and see a whole \u201cclass\u201d of people who have been thrown away by society. We throw them away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"issuem_issue":[220],"issuem_issue_categories":[188],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","issuem_issue-guild-notes-vol-46-no-1-2-spring-summer-2021","issuem_issue_categories-beyond-bars","post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t