x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:42:31 -0400 thread-index: AdD/vx7DoGnE2zwrRG+fcqoSmKgzAA== Thread-Topic: Norwood Barber Pardon From Bennettsville South Carolina Prison From: To: Subject: Norwood Barber Pardon From Bennettsville South Carolina Prison Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:42:31 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2015 22:42:31.0529 (UTC) FILETIME=[1EDB9D90:01D0FFBF] CUSTOM Mr. Waddell S Howard Jr. Norwood Barber Possible Pardon From Bennetville SC Prison 3533 McWhorter Court Unit A Fort Meade MD 20075 waddellnc@gmail.com 540-836-3568 JUDI Norwood Barber Pardon From Bennettsville South Carolina Prison 155.7.204.9 Dear Governor Haley and Staff, I am writing this from the innermost depths of my mind and heart in hopes that it would reach yours with the same fervor. I understand that Mr. Norwood "Pee Wee" Barber is currently serving a life sentence in a South Carolina (Bennettsville) prison. Since 2005 he has been given 10 years to think of his wrong-doing and shortcomings within his life's journey. Mr. Barber is currently 51 years of age, and I believe that during his tumultuous life journey he has acquired a yearning for the true and just dealings of humanity. Time in fact changes a multitude of things and it is in my deepest convictions that the time that Mr. Barber has had to ponder his missteps has changed him immensely. The justice system in America seeks to rehabilitate those who they can rehabilitate and to retain those who are a threat within society. Though Mr. Barber maybe seen as having repeated criminal activity, the criminal activity in which he was indicted and sentenced on was non-violent in nature. In no way am I excusing the behavior and condoning it, but we must seriously look at Mr. Barber's being sentenced to life imprisonment and ask ourselves could Mr. Barber possibly pay his debt to society and serve his community in another fashion? Within the six plus years of President Obama's tenure, there have been 43 commutations approved, with 22 of those commutations being felons convicted of drug crimes. Neil Eggleston of the White House Counsel is quoted in the Washington Associated Press saying that "many of the 22 drug convicted felons would have already served their time and payed their debt to society had they been sentenced under current policies and laws." Eggleston goes on to assert that "because many were convicted under an outdated sentencing regime, they served years, sometimes more than a decade longer than individuals convicted today of the same crime". Lastly Eggleston states that the 22 drug convicts were sentenced between 1992 and 2006. Mr. Barber, in my belief can rectify his wrongs by leading others out of the way of the mire in which he existed and currently exists. As a youth, I heard stories of Mr. Barber's greatness as an athlete, but more importantly what a pleasant nature he possessed and how others gravitated to him. Mr. Barber could use that same charismatic appeal to lead youths and possibly his peers to a better and more fruitful life. Where Mr. Barber grew up (inner city of Harrisonburg, VA) and inner cities and rural areas all over this nation are plagued by the crippling malcontent of being a product of violence, environmental pressures, and the means to end for survival. This malcontent could be quelled by experienced members of society like Mr. Barber that could indeed act as a sort of Paul Revere of conscious that bellow the call that "a new day is ahead" and incite hope in the deep, dark valleys of despair. Mr. Barber cannot be as effective in doing this within the confines of a prison. This is why I amongst others are advocating his release.