On Feb. 24 [2020], Calcasieu Parish prosecutor Jason Brown was fired after defense attorneys alleged that he withheld exculpatory evidence in the second-degree murder trial of Joey Julian.
In 2015, when former appellate judge James Stewart became the first Black district attorney of Caddo Parish, 11 prosecutors left the office. At least two of them ended up in DeRosier’s office including Brown.
As a Caddo assistant district attorney, Brown prosecuted Fate Winslow, a homeless man, for selling $20 of marijuana to an undercover Shreveport police officer in 2008. Brown filed a habitual offender bill against
Winslow who was then sentenced to life without parole. James Cass was prosecuted by Brown for possession with intent to distribute about 1.5 ounces of marijuana, and
Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed
‘I was so happy to get out’ Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence, WWL-TV reported. (Source: Innocence Project New Orleans) By Associated Press | December 17, 2020 at 11:07 AM CST - Updated December 17 at 11:27 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
WWL-TV reported that Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence.
Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale released after 12 years
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NEW ORLEANS (FOX 2) - A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
WWL-TV reported that Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence.
Fate Winslow has been released from prison after serving 12 years for selling US$20 worth of weed to an undercover cop “I just want to go get my kids and grandkids and try to make some memories with the time that I have left on this earth.”
Author of the article: Sam Riches
Publishing date: Dec 17, 2020 • December 18, 2020 • 4 minute read Twelve years are gone that I can never get back, but today redemption has come, Winslow told Yahoo. / Photo by IPNO Twitter
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Unhoused and hungry, Fate Winslow was approached in 2008 by an undercover cop who said he was looking to buy US$20 worth of pot.