Saturday, July 12, 2014

FREE JEFF MIZANSKEY? NO!

Missouri dope dealer serving life in prison wants out claiming he thought a marijuana brick contained home-made Mexican food

Jeff Mizanskey has been in a Missouri prison for 21 years. He received a life sentence after being convicted of possessing (five pounds) marijuana with intent to distribute. He was caught in a sting operation with three others during which he handled a brick of marijuana and indicated he would get $10,000 to buy a load of bricks two of the others had been caught with and were thus cooperating with the cops.

During his time in prison, Mizanskey has gained a large following of sympathizers who are demanding his release from prison because he is serving a sentence for “nonviolent, marijuana-only charges.” His supporters say he is Missouri’s only inmate “sentenced to death in prison for pot.” They have put up big billboards in his behalf. Mizanskey has conned his supporters into believing that he is the victim of an over-zealous prosecutor and a biased judge.

Mizanskey himself is pleading with people to write Missouri Governor Jay Nixon asking that be granted parole. On Wednesday, he released the following statement through the Riverfront Times:

I've been sitting in prison going on 21 years for a nonviolent crime. I still have not heard much of anything from the governor. I was told by Tony [Nenninger], my lawyer, that he talked to one of the governor's men and was told that there have been around 1,000 calls and about 100 letters since, as well as 470,000 signatures on the petition.

Thank you all for what you have done. Unfortunately, Tony also told me that the governor pays more attention to letters most of all. So now I have to come back to you all and ask for more help. If you can find a few minutes to send a short letter to the governor, I know it would help. I don't have anyone else to ask but all of you. Thank you all again. Please write and call the governor.


Here is my suggestion for anyone who may be contemplating writing to Gov. Nixon: Find something more important to do! However, if you insist on writing the governor, ask him to keep that dope-dealing con-artist locked up!

Mizanskey is the only prisoner in the world serving a life sentence for handling a package of Mexican food. After he got busted, he told investigators he thought the brick of marijuana was a package of home-made Mexican food. That whopper alone calls for a life sentence.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No one in their right minds beloved a person should be locked up for life for LYING. your build up leads to a bold sentence that is ridiculous and so extreme your point is completely lost.
The point isn't that he lied- how many felons do you know that haven't in order to get outta prison?? The point is that the prison he is being kept in is releasing people like a rapist who immediately reoffended and went right on back to prison in order to make room for a nonviolent offender.

Beyond that, Jeff's 3 convictions were all nonviolent, and did not involve weapons or children. According to all 3 courts that sentencesd him. You can try to make up whatever details you want about what happened, but those are the facts he has been sentenced for.

Moreover, there was much argument over whether or not the judge actually meant to sentence Jeff to life in prison with out parole. The prosecutor now also agrees that Jeff has served his time and wrote a letter to Governor Nixon himself asking for clemency.

Finally, no one has said he doesn't deserve punishment. The argument is that he has paid the time for the punishment he has committed. And Missourians shouldn't pay for him to sit in prison and make furniture all day. Personally I'd rather see my friend's murderer stay behind bars a few more years instead.