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Will Foster
Will Foster's lengthy battle with Oklahoma's justice system was featured in Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War. As the book relates, Foster received a 93-year sentence in Oklahoma for growing a small medical marijuana garden to treat his rheumatoid arthritis. On appeal, he was later able to get his sentence reduced to 20 years. He ended up serving 4.5 years in prison before being released in 2001.
However, Oklahoma wasn't done with Foster. Although he had successfully completed his supervised release two and a half years after moving to the Bay Area, the parole board issued a warrant to get him back to serve more time. Their excuse was that they had made a mistake when calculating the length of his parole.
Things came to a head when Foster was raided and charged with cultivation in northern California, although he claims the grow was legal under the state's medical marijuana law. After keeping Foster in jail for a year, Sonoma County prosecutors dropped the charges against him. By then, however, Oklahoma parole authorities demanded he return to the state to finish his original sentence. Foster tried to fight the extradition on grounds of habeas corpus, but was nonetheless returned to Oklahoma in September 2009.
Two months later, though, the parole board and the state governor decided that Foster should be released. He walked free in late November 2009.
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finally dismissed all of the California charges against him! He remains incarcerated, however, due to some extradition issues with Oklahoma. They want him back due to an alleged parole violation (Will had been released from parole in California, but Oklahoma wanted him to finish many more years on parole there).
Will's attorney feels that now is the time for more political pressure to be placed on the Oklahoma governor to commute his sentence, as well as Gov. Schwarzenegger, who could refuse to send him back. We will let you know how you can help Will as soon as his supporters devise a strategy.
Will will be back in court on Friday to hear some arguments on this issue at 8:30 AM, the Sonoma County Court House, Judge Antolini Dept 3. If you can make it, he could use the support. It's good for the DA and the judge to know that this case is important and that we are watching them.
Thanks to all the people who showed up today to support Will. It paid off, but the fights not over yet.....
Mikki Norris
The current governor of Oklahoma is
Gov. Brad Henry
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
tel 405-521-2342
fax 405-521-3353
Governor Henry is a Democrat in his second term. He is an attorney.
He was born July 10, 1963. He won with 67% of the vote. The next election is 2010.
The state went overwhelmingly for McCain.
Both U.S. Senators and 4 of the 5 Members of Congress are Republicans.
Eric