Governor Schwarzenegger,
Free Steven Nary!
"As soon as I heard five [years], I could not hear much after, and I hurt because I felt I let you and everyone down."
So wrote former sailor Steven Nary from his cell in Avenal State Prison in the middle-of-nowhere, California. Nary, now 32, had just endured a 3 ½ hour parole hearing, his first after more than thirteen years of incarceration.
Despite a near perfect prison record, a long standing conversion to Catholicism, an excellent psychiatric report, almost enough college credits to graduate, numerous letters of support, several job and living offers—including one from my wife and me—and the imperative of California’s empty coffers, Nary’s bid for parole was rejected out of hand.
As the heartbroken Nary learned, he will not be eligible for another hearing for five more years.
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