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(Former) 3-Striker Stevan Dozier released under clemency

By noemie maxwell
Fri May 08, 2009 at 12:57:20 PM PST
Section: Washington State Topic: Criminal Justice

Yesterday afternoon Stevan Dozier, whose story was featured here on Washblog in December 2007, was released from a 3-Strikes sentence of Life Without Parole after Governor Gregoire approved the unanimous recommendation of Washington's Clemency and Pardons Board. He has served under that sentence since 1994, the year 3-Strikes went into effect. He is the first Washington 3-Striker to be released under clemency. Washington State is the first 3-Strikes state in the nation.

Stevan Dozier's clemency was recommended by King County's Prosecuting Attorney, Dan Satterberg; the judge who sentenced him in 1994; King County Councilmember Larry Gossett; John Carlson, the conservative talk show host who championed the 3-Strikes ballot initiative in 1993; and others. Here's a Seattle Times article with more background. Al-Kareem Shadeed, whose story appeared on Washblog in January, 2008, has a clemency hearing scheduled for June 11, 2009. Supporters are encouraged to attend.

If you agree with 24 faith, civil rights, legal, and other organizations that Washington's 3-Strikes law should be reformed -- at minimum to comply with the 2001 recommendations of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to remove lower seriousness crimes from the list triggering life imprisonment, you are needed. Please consider joining joining this email list to receive 1-3 emails per month on key times to contact legislators and take part in other opportunities to advance reform.

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(Former) 3-Striker Stevan Dozier released under clemency | 3 comments (3 topical)

nice, nice, nice...

...maybe we're turning a corner here or something...

"...if you need a goat fu%#*@, cnn will do it..." --john oliver, "the daily show", 10/12/2009

by fake consultant on Tue May 12, 2009 at 01:20:44 PM PST

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Release...finally!

Pray for more corners being turned...and one of them being Stevan...Stevan, please do the right thing so the rest of us have a chance at the life you and Lil were given...to live right and together...I pray for you, for all of us...
We need to continue to educate all who will listen...and sometimes those who won't. It Is the only way we will make it home.

by moirao on Wed May 13, 2009 at 06:17:25 AM PST

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We can already see the new advertisement of Discount Gucci handbags on some International magazines, and the day of publication was the same time of Gucci Men Shoes fall show. The new advertisement is two black and white picture, it takes us returning back to the factory of Gucci Walltes in Florence of 1950s.

by cocokathy on Wed Oct 20, 2010 at 01:09:43 AM PST

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(Former) 3-Striker Stevan Dozier released under clemency | 3 comments (3 topical)

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