The Sentence of Michael Thompson | movie | 2022 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in the history of Michigan and he is finally up for clemenc | dG1fT2RCbk9vVWZOTTQ

Transcript

00:00The Michigan Parole Board is in session to conduct a public hearing on the application

00:08for commutation of sentence of Michael Thompson, number 176309.

00:11Hey, what's up, man?

00:12How about that?

00:13How many more interviews ahead of me?

00:24Michael Thompson sold three pounds of marijuana in the 90s.

00:29He was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison.

00:32Thompson is considered the longest incarcerated non-violent offender in Michigan's history.

00:37The parole board has an opportunity to send his case to Governor Whitmer for clemency.

00:42I'm going to say a prayer for him, because this is his last try.

00:48If they don't let him go this time, it's over.

00:52In parole boards in other states, people answer the phone.

00:54You can talk to members of the board, you can talk to their secretaries.

00:57It's just bizarre to me that no one's responsive to us.

01:00It makes me mad as hell.

01:04My father sitting behind the bars, put marijuana on everybody around Michigan, freely smoking.

01:09The cannabis industry is projected to hit $24 billion in legal sales this year.

01:15There are more arrests for marijuana possession than violent crime every year in the U.S.

01:20Black men in particular have become the war's primary casualties.

01:24When is someone going to finally hit the crack?

01:29Enough is enough.

01:33It's a boy!

01:34Oh my God, I knew it!

01:36I knew it!

01:38I'm so proud.

01:40My days turned into weeks.

01:43My weeks turned into months.

01:45It's like, when am I going to see my father again?

01:49Every day that you be in here, what do you have to think about?

01:53Your family.

01:54Happy birthday to you.

01:59I love you, Daddy.

02:00I love you too, baby.

02:01And I know you're going to be out soon.

02:03I'm urging the parole board, please release this man so he can spend the rest of his life

02:09getting a chance to know his family.

02:12This man does not deserve to die in a prison cell.