Parole advocacy
Larry Capers
Thirty years in, serving life plus 116 years for a sentence handed down when he was 18.
Juvenile sentence
Deshawn Dye
More than half his life in the Ohio Department of Corrections for an accident he caused at seventeen years old.
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Sentence
- 15 to life
- Age at offense
- 17
- Years served
- 22
- Co-counsel
- K. Kendall Corral
The case and the injustice
Deshawn Dye has been incarcerated in the Ohio Department of Corrections for more than half of his life for an accident he caused when he was 17 years old.
As a teenager, he was handed the daunting sentence of 15 to life in an adult prison. After serving 22 years, Deshawn is now being held indefinitely. The legal community and corrections experts alike now view life sentencing for minors as not only ineffective but counter-productive to the supposed rehabilitative purpose of the juvenile justice system.
How we are helping
Fighting 4 Freedom is advocating for Deshawn's release alongside his attorney, Kimberly Kendall Corral.
A sentence that begins at seventeen and has no end date is not a sentence a juvenile system was ever meant to produce. Deshawn has already served more years than he had lived when he went in.
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Other people we represent
Parole denied
Dr. Thomas Reed-Bey
A Bachelor Degree, a Master’s in Theology, and a PhD in Religion, all earned inside. Parole was still denied.
Clemency petition
Sterling LaVoe Graham
Seven life sentences for non-homicide crimes on a first adult conviction, with no parole eligibility.
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