Comments on: Life Term for robbery – Cruel and Unusual for Ian Manuel? http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/02/03/life-term-for-robbery-%e2%80%93-cruel-and-unusual-for-ian-manuel/ Arguably The Best African American Blog, Socio-economic, Justice, Politics, Fashion, Book Review, and Black Artists Blog Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CAROL HOOK http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/02/03/life-term-for-robbery-%e2%80%93-cruel-and-unusual-for-ian-manuel/comment-page-1/#comment-584 CAROL HOOK Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:49:21 +0000 http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog/?p=1034#comment-584 What happened to Ian's victim was tragic yet fortunately she has been able to recover and make a better life for herself. But what happened to 13-year-old Ian is tragic as well...this black child was cruelly tricked by a racist lawyer into receiving a sentence of life in prison without parole, based on a non-lethal attack. A typical example of old-Florida racism providing a minor child who is a negro, a cruel and unusual sentence that would never be given a person of majority race. It is time that Florida stopped its ugly and cruel racism and freed this young man from decades of solitary imprisonment. You can help Ian if you will write to the newly elected Florida Governor in November 2010 and ask for clemency to Ian...he's definitely done his time. Your caring will make the difference, and may God Bless you! What happened to Ian’s victim was tragic yet fortunately she has been able to recover and make a better life for herself. But what happened to 13-year-old Ian is tragic as well…this black child was cruelly tricked by a racist lawyer into receiving a sentence of life in prison without parole, based on a non-lethal attack. A typical example of old-Florida racism providing a minor child who is a negro, a cruel and unusual sentence that would never be given a person of majority race. It is time that Florida stopped its ugly and cruel racism and freed this young man from decades of solitary imprisonment. You can help Ian if you will write to the newly elected Florida Governor in November 2010 and ask for clemency to Ian…he’s definitely done his time. Your caring will make the difference, and may God Bless you!

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