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Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by Natsu »

The downside of this, sadly, is that he appears to have mental health issues. Unless he has some outside support, which may be difficult with his dad being dead and having been incarcerated since something like 1994, he would be rather likely to end up on the street, alone :(

Here's hoping there are people on the outside to help him out.

Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by jc4p »

SwellJoe wrote: post #2

I don't see any mention of clemency on that page. Perhaps there was a mod-edit to point to a "better" source, which doesn't actually cover the clemency?

I think the purest source is this: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-obama-grants-commut... but that lists a lot more clemencies

Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by wvrvwwwe »

This is only related in that it's another person incarcerated over LSD, but I've always found this individual and his story pretty fascinating:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard

http://www.freeleonardpickard.org/Skinner-Timeline.html

The second link discusses Gordon Todd Skinner, who was the informant that facilitated the arrest of Pickard. I don't know how much of that information is accurate, but it's an engrossing read and it paints a horrible picture of what a government informant can get away with.

Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by ryanlol »

jc4p wrote: post #4
SwellJoe wrote: post #2

I don't see any mention of clemency on that page. Perhaps there was a mod-edit to point to a "better" source, which doesn't actually cover the clemency?

I think the purest source is this: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-obama-grants-commut... but that lists a lot more clemencies

Not exactly relevant but it's somewhat interesting that so many people apparently deserved life sentences but not even a mention of any of them on google.

Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by sdrothrock »

Natsu wrote: post #3

The downside of this, sadly, is that he appears to have mental health issues. Unless he has some outside support, which may be difficult with his dad being dead and having been incarcerated since something like 1994, he would be rather likely to end up on the street, alone :( Here's hoping there are people on the outside to help him out.

> Here's hoping there are people on the outside to help him out.

I thought the same thing and wondered whether he had been granted clemency, so I googled a bit and found a page by his sister[1], which at least suggests that he has family that thinks of and cares about him. So hopefully they could help out.

1. https://www.change.org/p/my-brother-was-sentenced-to-life-wi...

Re: Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency

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Post by Natsu »

sdrothrock wrote: post #8
Natsu wrote: post #3

The downside of this, sadly, is that he appears to have mental health issues. Unless he has some outside support, which may be difficult with his dad being dead and having been incarcerated since something like 1994, he would be rather likely to end up on the street, alone :( Here's hoping there are people on the outside to help him out.

> Here's hoping there are people on the outside to help him out. I thought the same thing and wondered whether he had been granted clemency, so I googled a bit and found a page by his sister[1], which at least suggests that he has family that thinks of and cares about him. So hopefully they could help out. 1. https://www.change.org/p/my-brother-was-sentenced-to-life-wi...

That's encouraging to hear, thank you.
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