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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 Angol...

"I'm full of joy": Louisiana man serving life sentence for $20 marijuana charge released By Zoe Christen Jones December 17, 2020 / 7:36 PM / CBS News A man who was serving a life sentence for selling $20 of marijuana was released from a Louisiana prison this week, his attorneys said. Fate Winslow, 53, was reunited with his children and grandchildren on Wednesday after serving 12 years in prison. "I'm full of joy," Winslow told CBS News. "I'm so happy, man. I got to be with my family last night once I was released, and I can't explain it. I'm so happy." In 2008, Winslo...

Louisiana Man Released From Prison After Repeat Offender Law Ultimately Led To Life Sentence For $20 Bag Of Weed Officials at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola released Fate Winslow on Wednesday. December 18, 2020 at 5:10 pm A Louisiana man has been released from prison after his case caused widespread outrage for its obscene severity, according to WWL-TV.  Due to Louisiana's draconian repeat offender law, Fate Winslow was given a life sentence without parole after being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for selling two undercover cops $20 worth of marijuana in 2008. His case becam...

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 is...

“The dealer, who was white, wasn’t taken in – even though officers found the marked $20 bill on him,” the Rolling Stone magazine noted.