| Man Who Got
30 Years For Crack Now Seeks Compassionate
Release From FCI Loretto
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 2 – Nelson Martinez was
convicted by a jury of crack
conspiracy in 2007 and got 360
months.
This was reduced
to 324 months, then to 288
months under the First Step
Act.
On
December 2, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge Jed
S. Rakoff held an oral
argument on his motion for
compassionate release. Inner
City Press covered it.
Martinez
is represented by Debevoise
& Plimpton.
They describe 155
inmates at FCI Loretto sharing
five bathroom stalls, and
sharing phones and computers.
He has type II diabetes.
Judge
Rakoff said he will rule by
December 23.
The case is US v.
Martinez, 04-cr-48 (Rakoff)
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