{"id":1689,"date":"2015-04-12T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T00:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:38:22","slug":"men-deserving-clemency-george-martorano-life-for-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/men-deserving-clemency-george-martorano-life-for-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"George Martorano Is Now Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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George Martorano is serving Life Without Parole for Marijuana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On October 5, 2015 George Martorano was released from prison after serving 32 long years in federal prison!<\/strong>” CAN-DO’s Amy Povah talked to George on 10\/7 and heard all about his first meal of every Italian dish he ever loved, prepared by loving nieces, sisters and family members. \u00a0 “I had my first bath in 32 years,” said George. \u00a0It was great to hear him laugh and hear all about his freedom day! We salute his endurance because it took incredible fortitude for George to overcome the stigma that “justice” wanted to impose on George and all other prisoners.<\/p>\n

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George and his attorney Theodore Simon the day of his release.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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George Martorano, #12973-004
\n<\/strong>Offense:<\/strong> Convicted of\u00a0operating a Continual Criminal Enterprise (importing drugs\/mostly marijuana)
\nSentence:<\/strong> Life Without Parole – Natural Life
\nIncarcerated Since:<\/strong>\u00a01983
\nDate of Birth:<\/strong>\u00a012\/21\/1949
\nFamily:<\/strong>\u00a01 daughter, Francesca, and \u00a01 son, Raymond (deceased)
\nPresently Incarcerated:\u00a0<\/strong>FCI\u00a0Coleman, Medium Satellite Camp
\nPriors:<\/strong>\u00a0None
\nWhy commutation:<\/strong>\u00a0George has been an exemplary inmate. \u00a0A prolific writer, he now published\u00a0over twenty written works depicting life in prison as well as life on the outside. He teaches reading and writing, yoga, and even counsels suicidal inmates. He has a spotless prison record without an incident of violence in all of his years in America\u2019s toughest jails. George’s website best outlines his countless accomplishments and even heroics while in prison.<\/a><\/p>\n

Post Release Plans:<\/strong>\u00a0If George is released, he plans to help educate young men who are on the wrong path in life, much as he done all along from the confines of prison.<\/p>\n

About George’s Case:<\/strong>\u00a0After being caught with a truck of marijuana, George was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This was in 1982, when the War on Drugs had strong momentum. Other people who had committed similar crimes received a maximum of twenty years. Manuel Noriega, contrasted with George, is one of the most infamous drug traffickers of all time, yet only received a forty year sentence\u2013with the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n

So why was such a harsh sentence handed to George Martorano? We believe that in the prosecution\u2019s effort to send a message to George\u2019s father, Raymond \u201cLong John\u201d Martorano, an alleged mafia figure, he was given the maximum sentence allowed by law; life with no parole. Because he remained silent, they \u201clocked him up and threw away the key,\u201d put him in solitary confinement for four and one half years, and kept him in America\u2019s most notorious prison: Marion, which is completely underground.<\/p>\n

Then George began to write. He wrote and published a book about growing up in the old Italian-American neighborhood in Philadelphia, \u201cSouth Philly.\u201d He now has over twenty works depicting life in prison as well as life on the outside. He teaches reading and writing, yoga, and even counsels suicidal inmates. He has a spotless prison record without an incident of violence in all of his thirty-two years in America\u2019s toughest jails.<\/p>\n

The prisons are overcrowded with non-violent drug offenders who are \u201cwarehoused.\u201d Why should this clearly rehabilitated man be kept in jail until the day he dies?<\/p>\n

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George Martorano is serving Life for Pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Getting to Know\u00a0George Martorano<\/h1>\n

We asked George Martorano a series of questions to help everyone get to know him better, Here’s what he said:<\/em><\/p>\n

What meal or food do you crave most that you will want to eat when you get out?<\/em><\/strong>
\nLobster<\/p>\n

Who are\u00a0your favorite authors?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nEmile Zola, Cormac McCarthy, W. Sommerset Maugham<\/p>\n

Prefer winter or summer?<\/strong><\/em>
\nWinter<\/p>\n

Nocturnal or morning person?<\/strong> <\/em>
\nMorning<\/p>\n

Coffee or tea?<\/strong> <\/em>
\nCoffee<\/p>\n

Do you prefer to be near a lake or ocean?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nOcean<\/p>\n

What is your favorite sport?<\/strong><\/em>
\nFootball<\/p>\n

Favorite team\/athlete?<\/strong> <\/em>
\nThe Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Favorite movie(s)?<\/strong><\/em>
\nLawrence of Arabia<\/p>\n

Favorite TV show(s)?<\/strong><\/em>
\nSeinfeld<\/p>\n

Favorite song(s) and\/or musical artist(s)?<\/strong><\/em>
\nHouse of the Rising Sun by The Animals<\/p>\n

What is your favorite color?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhite<\/p>\n

If you could walk out tomorrow and go anywhere – where would it be and why?<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy son’t grave, as I have never been able to visit there.<\/p>\n

If you could travel to any country – where would it be and why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
\nTo Sicily to see my picture that was placed in a cave there many years ago during a Catholic ceremony.<\/p>\n

What do you most want people to understand about being incarcerated that you don\u2019t think they understand?<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe struggle for hope, the struggle for dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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