“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Help Free Shawn Movement stands, first and foremost, for the exoneration of Shawn for the kidnapping and "conspiracy to commit murder" -- crimes for which he is not actually guilty. He deserves to be resentenced for crimes HE HIMSELF did; he should not be held responsible for the intentions or actions of another person.
Aside from Shawn's immediate release from prison and his legal exoneration for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder, this movement stands for the following as well:
1. All victims of our government who have been wrongfully yet somehow "legally" convicted should be exonerated. Old cases should be looked at again with an eye to actual justice and fairness.
2. Confessions of courtroom perjury / recantations of testimony should be taken seriously by the courts even if these admissions occur many years after the trial. This applies to written and verbal recantations equally.
3. Information that the co-defendant had previously framed the person at trial IS in fact relevant and SHOULD be admissible in court.
4. Each defendant should be held responsible for their OWN intentions and actions, not the intentions or actions of a separate person. Wrongful convictions based on the natural and probable consequences doctrine should be overturned everywhere and defendants should be resentenced for what they themselves are guilty of.
5. Punishments given should be appropriate to a lay person applying common sense and ethical humanity. A man should not be given a sentence for murder (25 to life) when nobody was even physically harmed and nobody was murdered.
6. When the only victim advocates for the relief of the “guilty” then the courts should heavily consider this element, when deciding what justice is.
7. Men and women should be equally protected and equally punished under the law. Women should not be more gently punished for a more severe crime than a male counterpart, simply because she is female.
8. When jurors almost immediately admit post-trial they were confused by instructions and regret their votes, the court should take these admissions seriously.
9. Jurors who advocate years later for the relief of a defendant should be taken seriously by the courts.
10. Changes in law that would provide relief to the imprisoned should in fact be fairly enforced.
11. Humanity should be given to all people, even those who are incarcerated ,and especially by our government.
12. Taxpayer dollars should be used and appropriated for rehabilitative program in a supportive, nurturing, humane, fair way.
13. Prison should be rehabilitative, not traumatizing.
14. Government should help its constituents not harm them unnecessarily.
15. We believe in protection for inmate whistleblowers.
16. We stand for Correctional Officer accountability, professionalism, and appropriateness.
17. Teens who age out of the foster care system should not be simply released into homelessness. They should be supported by the state until they are ready to be independent adults.
18. Incarceration should be for those who commit the most heinous crimes such as murder, rape, or kidnapping. Poor people who steal or traumatized people who do drugs should be given financial or employment assistance, or drug rehab--not incarceration. "Diversion" programs should be the rule, not the exception.
19. Inmates who are programming and rehabilitated should be able to leave prison early, if they engage in “diversion” programs to prevent further crime and ensure their success in regular life.
20. A person should be judged on the quality of their character and behavior today, and we must end the rampant discrimination against formerly incarcerated individuals particularly with regard to employment.
21. Help Free Shawn stands for: telling the truth, being kind, being brave, and fighting for justice even when it feels impossible to change the brokenness of the government machinery.
22. Help Free Shawn stands for: people can and do change even those society rejects.
23. Help Free Shawn stands for: Government fixing its mistakes quickly rather than taking decades and ruining countless lives for their inability to course correct in a timely manner.
24. Help Free Shawn stands for: Someone can be part aggressor, part victim, and part wrongly convicted. More sophisticated, nuanced understanding is frequently necessary.
25. All lives should matter to our government, even poor or homeless people.
26. Help Free Shawn stands for: fixing what’s broken in government rather than letting it fester and harm citizens further.
27. Help Free a Shawn stands for: ending the modern-day slavery which American incarceration is. People should not be over punished simply because they are poor, male, or part of a racial minority.
28. Mentally ill persons in the care of the state should be given support rather than repeated additional traumas by injecting them into the carceral environment.
29. Government shall be trauma-informed and citizen-focused, with the simple mission of enhancing human thriving and reducing human suffering. If it doesn’t pertain to those goals then it is not the place of government to do that work.
30. Help Free Shawn stands for: body cams for all law enforcement personnel, so they cannot abuse the power afforded to them without consequence any longer.
31. Help Free Shawn stands for: limiting the power of unions so they cannot bully government into paying excessive amounts of money for low caliber performance.
32. Help Free Shawn stands for: quality medical, dental, and mental healthcare for prisoners while under the state’s purview. When government takes possession of a life, it needs to be properly cared for - otherwise the individual should not be imprisoned.
33. Help Free Shawn stands for: Judging all people by the content for their character, not their race, sex, gender, whether or not they are or have been incarcerated, level of wealth, political or religious affiliations, appearance, or their worst day. People frequently deserve second chances; sometimes they’re too dangerous to risk giving a second chance to. The state should strive to “throw away” the fewest lives possible into the carceral system knowing how traumatizing and stigmatizing the prison experience is. Only the worst criminals should be imprisoned.
34. Help Free Shawn stands for: being innocent until proven guilty and never being held culpable for someone else’s guilt.
35. Help Free Shawn stands for: more power to the people and less abuse on citizens by our governments at all levels.
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