Second Chance Justice

12/06/2022

Do it now!! Support commutation for our brother, Ramadan Shabazz after 51 years of incarceration. Sign our letter to the Massachusetts Governor's Council! Brockton Interfaith CommunityJanine Carreiro-Young Will Dickerson
https://mcan.salsalabs.org/bicscjbakershabazz/index.html

11/18/2022

A message from William Allen.....

Peace and Blessings to you ALL!

Before I get to the gist of this email, I would like for EVERYONE to know that I'm doing more than well and that's because of the SUPPORT, PRAYERS and LOVE you ALL have shown me throughout my incarceration and FREEDOM. My days are full with work at a Tufankjian Toyota, which I love, and weekends are spent with my family and heading to church on Sundays with Chaplain Peg Newman who has known me since way back when, as they say, and partners with me now on the Second Chance Justice team. Together with other SCJ leaders, we are actively exploring how to build on the knowledge and experience gained in getting me released to help others get a second chance.

And....that's the purpose of this email, because our pursuit of liberation has just begun and I need that same energy and love that you all have shown me to now be shared with Ramadan Shabazz. Last month, Ramadan received full support for commutation from the Massachusetts Advisory Board of Pardons. It is now in the hands of Gov. Charlie Baker and it is really important for him to take action before he leaves office in January. If he doesn't, the process to bring Ramadan home after over 50 years of incarceration will take even longer. You can learn more about Ramadan by clicking here.

At this link, there is a letter of support for Ramadan Shabazz and I invite everyone to join me and our Second Chance Justice team in signing on to urge Gov. Baker to commute Mr. Shabazz's sentence. I know Mr. Shabazz personally and he is a great man who is deserving of a second chance as I was. So let's all rally around him and bring him home by signing the letter of support!

Thank you and God Bless -
William Allen

https://mcan.salsalabs.org/bicscjbakershabazz/index.html...

Dear Governor Baker, We urge you to commute the life sentence of Ramadan Shabazz immediately! Ramadan Shabazz of Dorchester, MA has been incarcerated since 1971.  The Governor's Advisory Board of Pardons made a unanimous positive recommendation for commutation to your office—a rare, years-long vi...

06/29/2022

https://www.votervoice.net/GBLS/Campaigns/80680/Respond

A criminal record should not mean a life sentence of poverty and blocked opportunities. Your voice is needed to  make sure the automatic record sealing bill does not die on June 30!  URGE your senator to vote YES on  Senator...

06/16/2022

At Bryan Stevenson's (JUST MERCY) museum in Montgomery Alabama

03/10/2022

https://mcan.salsalabs.org/bicscjparolebdltrmar22/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=bc514b9f-b73a-4bac-9eb0-4c5f99abf501

03/10/2022

William has his parole hearing 3/31. Sign our petition of support to the board!

We, the undersigned, are writing to ask you to grant parole to William Allen whose life-without-parole sentence has been commuted to a second degree sentence by Governor Baker.

02/16/2022

https://www.wcvb.com/article/william-allen-thomas-koonce-murder-sentence-commutation-vote-massachusetts-governors-council/39107051

Members of the council voted unanimously in favor of commuting the sentences of convicted first-degree murderers William Allen and Thomas Koonce.

02/16/2022

The Governor’s Council voted unanimously to approve William’s commutation! Now the only hurdle to freedom is a Parole Board hearing to be scheduled soon. (The Parole Board is the same body that unanimously recommended William’s commutation to the gov.)
Thank you again for making this happen. Our work will continue to create more opportunities for more second chances. https://www.wcvb.com/article/william-allen-thomas-koonce-murder-sentence-commutation-vote-massachusetts-governors-council/39107051

02/03/2022

One step closer! William Allen will be FREE!

"I promise I will make you proud by doing good and being good. I won't let my fellow prisoners down either," William Allen of Brockton said.

01/29/2022

Sign on to our letter for the Governor's Council. William's final hearing is Wednesday!

We write to you in support of William J. Allen who is being considered by your body for commutation. We are supporters of the Second Chance Justice campaign of the Brockton Interfaith Community, an affiliate of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network. This organization has recognized William’...