Justice for Peve - Bad Choices, not criminal

While we agree with and applaud truth in sentencing, is there no room for justice to balance oversights in fair sentencing to begin with? I have an inmate friend who is coming to the commutation process after getting advice from lawyers and the Justice Project that his case should be reviewed, but they were not the right avenue due to time and lack of new physical evidence.
Don found himself in a situation based on bad choices instead of purposefully being an instigator. He pleaded to an excessive charge to avoid further prison time.

While we don't fault the judge, knowing that he did what he thought was best and within his rights under the guidelines (although he did disregard the inmate's pleas during presentencing and mitigating factors), we also feel that he was biased due to dealing with the inmate's prior bad decisions and that he gave him excessive time to learn his lesson; the victim's family also believes this was the case. We are asking that you use your power to consider what the true sentence necessary in his case is.

Our goal was to ask for UP TO 3 years off, but this was not allowed by the form, so we put 3 years off, expecting to leave the actual time off in the capable hands of those in charge. This seemed to become a reason to dismiss his case.
Two lawyers agreed that the easiest way that Don could receive justice in his sentence was to run the sentences concurrently instead of consecutively; thereby dismissing only 1.5 years. Family and others believe this to be fair due to the extraneous circumstances.

On behalf of Don Peve