Louisiana man serving life sentence for $20 worth of marijuana released
Winslow was re-sentenced to time served after IPNO director and lead attorney Jee Park successfully appealed based on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 7:53 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 9:17 AM EST December 17, 2020
NEW ORLEANS Fate Winslow said the first thing he wants to do when he gets back home to Shreveport is stop at Popeye’s for fried chicken.
And following his joyful release from Angola state prison Wednesday after serving 12 years over $20 worth of marijuana, Winslow, 53, said his next stop is the most important: Reuniting with his four children and three grandchildren who thought they may never see him again as a free man.
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According to the report, Fate Winslow was charged with life in prison under the repeat-offender law that exists in Louisiana. The Innocence Project New Orleans took up Winslow s case and began the appeal process.
Thanks to the efforts of the Innocence Project New Orleans, Winslow is now a free man who was expecting to die in prison after selling $20 worth of marijuana to undercover agents when he was homeless.
The initial report of the story from WWL-TV says that Winslow was released on Wednesday and he told the outlet, A life sentence for two bags of weed? I never thought something like that could happen .
A Lousiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 of marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence.
“I was so happy to get out,” Winslow told WWL-TV after his release. “A life sentence for two bags of weed? I never thought something like that could happen.”
He was sentenced under the state’s repeat offender law. His case has gathered attention as Louisiana wrestles with criminal justice issues and rising prison population.