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Jesse Webster is a prison inmate serving life without parole for charges of drug trafficking and tax fraud. He received significant media attention at the end of 2013 after the ACLU published a report discussing life sentences for nonviolent offenses. ==History== Jesse Webster began a job at a local carwash as a teenager, first after school and on weekends, and then full-time. In 1985, one of Jesse's customers, a drug dealer, offered him a job as a driver.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=December 13, 2013 )〕 Jesse accepted the job, and dropped out of school in 9th grade to become more involved in the drug trade. He met Archie West in 1985, and subsequently his associates Andre Mitchell, Sam Mitchell, Dino, Reginald Jones and Sherman Randolph. In 1992, West agreed to drive for Webster through 1995, and between 1992 and 1995, Jesse and his associates distributed 200 to 300 kilograms of cocaine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=June 8, 1988 )〕 In August 1994, Webster helped arrange to purchase 25 kilograms of cocaine from a drug informant. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ACLU: A Living Death Life without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses )〕 The deal was abandoned without any drugs changing hands,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nonviolent offenders dont deserve life sentences )〕 but Webster discovered months later that he was wanted for questioning. Webster voluntarily turned himself in, and in September 1995 he was indicted.〔 Webster was offered a plea deal if he agreed to work as an informant of a local gang, but Webster declined the offer, saying that he was concerned it would pose a risk to himself and his family.〔 He entered a not guilty plea on September 13, 1995, and on November 30 he was found guilty on 4 counts, including attempt and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and filing false tax returns in 1992 and 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Young Turks )〕 The decision was based on the testimony of Webster's co-defendants, who had agreed to plea deals in exchange for their testimony.〔 It was Webster's first conviction, and he had no criminal record.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Possession of Crack Pipe Earned Prisoners Life without Parole )〕 Webster was sentenced to life without parole by Judge Zagel, which was the minimum mandatory sentence at the time.〔 Zagel explained during sentencing that he felt the sentence was "too high".〔 Webster entered a motion for a new trial on July 30, 1997, which was declined, and he appealed in 1998, but his sentence was affirmed.〔 Webster filed a petition in 2013 to commute his sentence, with letters of recommendation from his judge, James Zagel, and both his prosecutors. Webster is working with his lawyer, Jessica Ring Amunson to get his sentence commuted by President Barack Obama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesse Webster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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