Is there a way to write him a letter? Idk how your prison system works, but this dude needs some encouragement for what he did.
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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Is there a way to write him a letter?
Theoretically, yes, that should be a big old 1st amendment free speech right, but since this is a legal right for a poor person expect it to be a big pain to exercise
Anyway, all the instructions should be on this page here
https://web.archive.org/web/20240129195016/https://www.bop.gov/inmates/communications.jsp
However each of those methods is going to require getting a match on the inmate locator, and since I don't think he is actually incarcerated yet there aren't any matching results (and it will probably take some time after he's been incarcerated for his record to start showing up)
I also found what looks like a GoFundMe page for him, which might be a way to get in contact with his family and friends, which might be a better way of contacting him (among other things, the prison email system only allows inmates to send messages to approved contacts and they're limited to 30 of those, so sending everything to someone with regular email who could be one of those contacts and just forward things along might work best) - https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-littlejohns-legal-defense-fund
I should add I haven't verified that GoFundMe is legitimate, but it looks like it is
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How was he not protected under whistleblower laws?
He wasn't reporting anything illegal - just wrong.
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And Biden won't pardon him.
But he's gonna lock down the border and bypass congress to ship weapons to Israel.
He really shouldn't. What the guy did was still legally wrong, and he probably knew it and weighed he would rather take jail time and commit it. A less scrupulous person could do worse things, which is why those laws are in place.
If he could somehow reduce the sentence that would be great, and if that is on the table he should, but some punishment should still occur.
He's a vigilante hero for what he did, but vigilantes are still criminals. The main issue here is that the punishment is clearly wrong, and the message is wrong, as the judge seems to think this is paramount to treason, which it isn't.
A crime of conscience is exactly what pardons are supposed to be for - doing what is right regardless of the legality or consequences
Yes, how could we possibly expect the president to pardon someone who did something legally wrong, that defeats the whole point of pardons! /s
Anyway, have fun arguing that someone who metaphorically ran into a burning building to rescue a baby deserves ~~the maximum~~ any punishment for trespassing, that's some real good moral reasoning that will build a just society, for sure /s
e; ftfy
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Let's hope he didn't sleep under any bridges, too. That would be what they call a repeat offender.
Can you imagine the storm in truth social if Biden pardoned this guy lmao, cmon Biden!
Exposing a convicted criminal is a crime against the US and its legal foundation? GTFOH.
On the other hand, maybe said “legal foundation” is said to protect those with money and influence and punish those who dare to move beyond the systemic injustices present. Maybe this judge was correct after all.