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1. Stop Pardons for Paedophiles 
We feel that, in the case of child molesters, a pardon is not deserved. Its been shown in many studies that these people, can not be 'cured', only supress their desires. Statistics also show, that, 40% of convicted pedofiles, reoffend.
I know people who are in this situation and they are still living with the damage inflicted on them, by these degenerates. Why should they be allowed to be "pardoned" and pretend it never happened?
As main organizer of this petition, I would like to add a brief note. The approach to this petition has been long and tedious; over two years striving continuously to seek for a higher lever of accountability and consistency of websites to host this project.
This petition in the past was once approved to be hosted by 10 Downing Street; however, it only gained 14 signatures over the duration of two years, therefore, a global watch was needed this time, and I personally would like to thank the staff here for hosting this petition once again.
Your support is important, even if you had re-signed in the past, or are not so much involved in Francis Bacon. Please view, acknowledge, and sign this cause.
At the time of its submission, we shall submit it to the Organization that will assist in the cause to re-issue or consider a posthumous pardon to Francis Bacon.
If you have any questions as to why Bacon should be granted a pardon, or hold doubts as to which Organization this petition will be submitted to, you are very welcome to send your inquiries to me by sending me a message here.
Thank you.
Elaine M. Dutton
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Please help us restore Francis Bacon’s name and sign this online pardon. Francis Bacon should be recognized and pardoned by the current British government, which will be a just act, well behind schedule.
3. Fight injustice. Help bring Robert Spiers home.
I am a retired professor of history at Western Kentucky University and I am writing to enlist your help in reducing the sentence of a young man named Robert D. Spiers, Jr.
Between May 31, 2001 and November 2, 2001, Robert held up three banks (California, Colorado, and Kentucky), but as a result of a plea agreement he was charged with only two of the crimes. Because Robert brandished a gun (unloaded) in those holdups he fell under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
The intent of Congress in passing the Gun Control Act was to reduce an alarming federal crime rate in which guns were used and get career criminals off the street. It provided that for a first conviction the criminal would receive a mandatory sentence of “not less than 7 years” without parole. And then to deter further gun-related federal crimes by criminals who had served their 7 year sentence, Congress provided that “in the case of a second or subsequent conviction. . . the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years” without any benefit of parole.
But what about those who, for example, committed two crimes before they were arrested and convicted? Would their sentence be 14 years or 32 years? For 19 years after the Gun Control Act was passed, federal judges held that the word “conviction” meant what it said and therefore they did not apply the enhanced provision of the law. A criminal who had committed two federal crimes in which a gun was used got 14 years. But that all changed in 1993 when the Supreme Court by a vote of 6-3 in Deal v. U. S. ruled that each of the two crimes committed by a man named Deal was equivalent to a conviction and his 32 year sentence was upheld. Robert, therefore, received the same sentence in 2003.
This is a terrible miscarriage of justice and flies in the face of what Congress intended in 1968. I spent many hours reading the debates on the Gun Control Act in the Congressional Record. These debates clearly show that the “second or subsequent conviction” phrase was aimed at recidivists, that is, career criminals.
Robert had no previous convictions for anything, so how could he be considered a repeat offender within the meaning of what Congress intended? What he should have received was a sentence of 14 years, 7 years for each crime. Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O’Connor strongly dissented in the Deal case. Stevens criticized the majority for being “driven by an elaborate exercise in sentence parsing” and “intricate grammatical analysis.” He went on to say that “punishing first offenders with 32 year sentences does not deter crime as much as it ruins lives.”
And that is exactly what the Deal decision is doing to Robert. Having already served 7 years in prison, he still faces 25 more years without benefit of parole. He will be 55 years hold when he is released.
Robert has exhausted every legal remedy open to him to get a reduced sentence. His appeals to the district, circuit, and U. S. Supreme courts were all summarily brushed aside. His only hope now is commutation and only President Bush can grant that.
My wife and I have been in constant contact with Robert over the last seven years and have visited him four or five times at the federal prison near Beckley, West Virginia. The officials at the prison respect him highly. They consider him a model prisoner who exerts a calming influence on his fellow inmates. And they have entrusted to him a number of responsibilities. Robert also continues to work on his undergraduate degree so that when he is released from prison he can make a positive contribution to society. In short, we believe Robert is completely rehabilitated.
Please don’t allow this intelligent young man to fall between the cracks of our prison system. He is not just another criminal to be discarded and forgotten; he is a beloved son, brother, cousin, uncle, grandson, nephew and friend. Those who know and love Robert will never stop the fight to bring him the justice he so rightly deserves.
Will you help us in our effort to secure a commutation for Robert? If so, please sign the petition below. This petition will be sent to the Pardon Attorney in Washington, D. C.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Richard L. Troutman, Head Emeritus
History Department
Western Kentucky University
4. PARDON Duane 'the Dog', Leland and Tim Chapman
In 2003, Duane,Leland and Tim Chapman, “Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E,” was hot on the trail of Andrew Luster, heir of the Max Factor cosmetics fortune and convicted of 86 counts of rape. When Luster got wind of Dog’s chase, he fled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to avoid capture.
Dog and his posse, however, did not give up the pursuit. On June 16th, 2003 Dog captured Luster and brought him to the U.S, where he was immediately jailed and later sentenced to 124 years in jail.
In Mexico, bounty hunting is a crime, After his arrest there Dog had a court date set in Mexico for July 15th, 2003 but failed to appear. Fast forward three years to 6:30 am, September 14th, 2006 and Dog and his posse are in the custody of U.S. Marshall’s, facing extradition to Mexico and eight years in prison for capturing a dangerous American rapist.
Feb 02, 2006
Free Charles Pearcy IV.
We are family members and friends who are deeply concerned about the incarceration of Charles Lewis Pearcy IV.
Our concerns involve more than our relationship with Charles. We also are taxpayers, and we are concerned about the ineffective use of public funds attributable to the incarceration of wrongfully convicted people.
We also believe the very act of incarcerating an innocent individual is morally and ethically wrong.
We, after having reviewed the available facts and information in the case of Charles Lewis Pearcy IV conclude that:
The known facts and evidence in this case prove his innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. (For information go to www.freeCLP.com)
There are wrongful convictions occurring in our courts at an alarming rate. We, as voting, taxpaying citizens of the United States of America expect our tax dollars to be well spent, and that criminals, not innocents will pay the price for wrongdoings.
We, as citizens, share the same concerns about crime that others do. But our collective observation is that the "system" is often a large part of the problem instead of being a viable element or its solution. Although the crime rate is currently dropping, the rate of incarceration in our country is rising.
Our "Tough on Crime" stance has not been a deterrent to the social problems that we have labeled crimes. Until some reason is restored concerning the number of wrongful convictions, and until we are willing to decriminalize social issues, accidents and psychological illnesses, the problems will remain unsolved.
We are seeking justice in this case, in demanding that the authorities of the State of West Virginia immediately take steps to ensure that a retrial be held or absolute pardon be granted.
6. Pardon for Randy "Duke" Cunningham
Petition for clemency and pardon of Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
James R. Hathcock, born March 5, 1967 is a son, husband, father, family man, good provider, gainfully full time employed, and considered to be a hard working individual... that is, until being raped by a failed judicial system, wrongly convicted of incest and sentenced to spend six years in prison forcing him to become a victim for a crime that he did not, could not, would not, and is not capable of having committed.
He is accused of a crime that never happened. A crime that is physically and humanly impossible for him to have committed.
Rather than justice having been performed on behalf of the victim, Shana, a grave injustice has been done to James Hathcock, his wife, son, family, and his childhood dream career (which he had accomplished) all of which have been made to become victims by a failed judicial system.
After a jury trial lasting 5 days, three (3) of his witnesses were allowed to testify on his behalf, false testimony was given by some of the State witnesses, no DNA evidence, no physical evidence, witnesses and evidence on his behalf were withheld, one state witness has come forward.
In a letter written willingly on October 5, 2004, a state witness has admitted that she knows the victim was lying and that she (state witness) did not like getting up there (witness stand) and talking about s_ _ _ that did not happen.
