Mark is coming home. We secured the commutation and the long wait for justice is finally over. Keep an eye on our page for photos and updates as he reunites with his family.
February 1, 2015
Final supporters
30-year sentence as a non-violent first-time offender for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. He was one of 10 co-defendants in the case, all of whom received sentences averaging 5 1/2 years. Some got no time at all.
What makes this so compelling is that Mark's attorney did not inform him that the government had made a 10-year
non-cooperation plea offer, which the attorney declined on Mark's behalf without his knowledge. The attorney insisted on
going to trial, telling Mark that it was "all or nothing." Mark only learned about the government's offer after he had been
found guilty at trial, about a month after his sentencing hearing.
As a result, Mark was initially sentenced to three life sentences without the eligibility for parole. His sentence was later
reduced to the current 30 years imprisonment (two decades longer than the original plea offer). This was despite the fact
that mark was the only defendant in the case to have voluntarily left the conspiracy years earlier. Mark accepts responsibility for his crime, he always has.Yet, Mark is the only defendant still in prison.
We, friends and family members of Mark Lanzilotti, are banding together to ask President Obama to commute the
remainder of Mark's sentence (as per the Clemency Project 2014). We are not asking for special favors, we are simply
asking for fairness and justice.
Mark is NOT accepting donations on this site.
Please sign the petition below and visit www.MarkLanz.net for more information. Thank you
Updates
December 15, 2014
We just hit 1,000 signatures for Mark. Now take that momentum and post this link to your Facebook page instead of just watching the numbers climb.
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 14, 2014
December 9, 2014
The momentum we have generated proves that people recognize the injustice of Mark receiving a sentence vastly harsher than his co-defendants. Email your representative today and demand they review the case file for this excessive penalty. We need to keep this pressure on the administration until Mark is granted the commutation he deserves.
Reached 100 supporters
October 14, 2014
645 Comments
I believe Mr.Lanzilotti has served an appropriate sentence for his crime and should be released on the condition that if he does it again, he will have to serve another 30 years in addition to the time still left on his original sentence.
My hope and prayers are with this family. They are good people who do not deserve this injustice. Please pass this petition on to get Mark the real justice he deserves and bring him home to his family who is not whole without him........
I know Mark for over 30 years, he is a great friend who was misrepresented by every lawyer involved in his case. With the proper counsel he woluld already be home. Please help and pass this petition around to help get Mark home!!
Saying that this man never hurt anyone is a falsehood, he was part of a drug ring that damaged people's lives. Having said that, he has more than served his time! The 'justice' system has failed beyond belief in this case. he should be a free man
Mark has paid for his crimes and his was a non violent crime which he has been punished for. Murders have gotten less of a sentence for their crimes. He had bad legal advice and deserves a chance to be free and start his life over again. Please give him a chance.
First and foremost Robby, it's "One Star." Ouch! What a snappy, uninformed, adolescent reply. Not surprising at all. To answer the latter portion of your pleasant comment, of course I remember you Robert. How I could forget Bobby, the faux tough guy. BREAKING NEWS: This is a public forum for the behest of Mark. Just as you can keep deleting. I can keep posting at any time on his behalf. Understand? Though not your fault. Nor the immediate family for believing, let's just call it what it is, a slightly less than accurate presentation. And I fully understand the manner in which it was presented to you, and family. However, again, it wasn't and isn't as accurate as you've been led to believe by any means.. There are quite a few people, including Mark and even a couple of people viewed in pictures posted on Mark's site that know the facts. Too bad you and the family don't. That's not to discount for a second, the horrendously outrageous sentence Mark was unfairly given. That said, you can continue deleting and making mildly amusing, grammar school comments, coupled with a subtle threat of no consequence whatsoever. I'll not only continue to post here. I'll start my own petition site for Mark. I believe there should be several, I'll also continue to write, as I've done over the years, the state and in particular, the DOJ in hopes of Mark's release from this totally unfair, draconian sentence. I sincerely thought Mark would be on the most recent Presidential pardon list. In any event, thank you for your brief, kind, intellectual response. Good to hear from you. And kindly give my warm regards to Uncle Rich. I truly miss him as well as Mark. Have a blessed day
First and foremost Robby, it's "One Star." Ouch! What a snappy, uninformed, adolescent reply. Not surprising at all. To answer the latter portion of your pleasant comment, of course I remember you Robert. How I could forget Bobby, the faux tough guy. BREAKING NEWS: This is a public forum for the behest of Mark. Just as you can keep deleting. I can keep posting at any time on his behalf. Understand? Though not your fault. Nor the immediate family for believing, let's just call it what it is, a slightly less than accurate presentation. And I fully understand the manner in which it was presented to you, and family. However, again, it wasn't and isn't as accurate as you've been led to believe by any means.. There are quite a few people, including Mark and even a couple of people viewed in pictures posted on Mark's site that know the facts. Too bad you and the family don't. That's not to discount for a second, the horrendously outrageous sentence Mark was unfairly given. That said, you can continue deleting and making mildly amusing, grammar school comments, coupled with a subtle threat of no consequence whatsoever. I'll not only continue to post here. I'll start my own petition site for Mark. I believe there should be several, I'll also continue to write, as I've done over the years, the state and in particular, the DOJ in hopes of Mark's release from this totally unfair, draconian sentence. I sincerely thought Mark would be on the most recent Presidential pardon list. In any event, thank you for your brief, kind, intellectual response. Good to hear from you. And kindly give my warm regards to Uncle Rich. I truly miss him as well as Mark. Have a blessed day
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Mark is coming home. We secured the commutation and the long wait for justice is finally over. Keep an eye on our page for photos and updates as he reunites with his family.
February 1, 2015
Final supporters
30-year sentence as a non-violent first-time offender for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. He was one of 10 co-defendants in the case, all of whom received sentences averaging 5 1/2 years. Some got no time at all.
What makes this so compelling is that Mark's attorney did not inform him that the government had made a 10-year
non-cooperation plea offer, which the attorney declined on Mark's behalf without his knowledge. The attorney insisted on
going to trial, telling Mark that it was "all or nothing." Mark only learned about the government's offer after he had been
found guilty at trial, about a month after his sentencing hearing.
As a result, Mark was initially sentenced to three life sentences without the eligibility for parole. His sentence was later
reduced to the current 30 years imprisonment (two decades longer than the original plea offer). This was despite the fact
that mark was the only defendant in the case to have voluntarily left the conspiracy years earlier. Mark accepts responsibility for his crime, he always has.Yet, Mark is the only defendant still in prison.
We, friends and family members of Mark Lanzilotti, are banding together to ask President Obama to commute the
remainder of Mark's sentence (as per the Clemency Project 2014). We are not asking for special favors, we are simply
asking for fairness and justice.
Mark is NOT accepting donations on this site.
Please sign the petition below and visit www.MarkLanz.net for more information. Thank you
Updates
December 15, 2014
We just hit 1,000 signatures for Mark. Now take that momentum and post this link to your Facebook page instead of just watching the numbers climb.
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 14, 2014
December 9, 2014
The momentum we have generated proves that people recognize the injustice of Mark receiving a sentence vastly harsher than his co-defendants. Email your representative today and demand they review the case file for this excessive penalty. We need to keep this pressure on the administration until Mark is granted the commutation he deserves.
Reached 100 supporters
October 14, 2014
645 Comments
Mark does not belong there. System is backwards rapists and murderers get out and they deserve to have the sentence mark got let's turn things around and give violent offenders what they deserve and let nonviolent offenders out
I believe Mr.Lanzilotti has served an appropriate sentence for his crime and should be released on the condition that if he does it again, he will have to serve another 30 years in addition to the time still left on his original sentence.
My hope and prayers are with this family. They are good people who do not deserve this injustice. Please pass this petition on to get Mark the real justice he deserves and bring him home to his family who is not whole without him........
I know Mark for over 30 years, he is a great friend who was misrepresented by every lawyer involved in his case. With the proper counsel he woluld already be home. Please help and pass this petition around to help get Mark home!!
Saying that this man never hurt anyone is a falsehood, he was part of a drug ring that damaged people's lives. Having said that, he has more than served his time! The 'justice' system has failed beyond belief in this case. he should be a free man
Mark has paid for his crimes and his was a non violent crime which he has been punished for. Murders have gotten less of a sentence for their crimes. He had bad legal advice and deserves a chance to be free and start his life over again. Please give him a chance.
First and foremost Robby, it's "One Star." Ouch! What a snappy, uninformed, adolescent reply. Not surprising at all. To answer the latter portion of your pleasant comment, of course I remember you Robert. How I could forget Bobby, the faux tough guy. BREAKING NEWS: This is a public forum for the behest of Mark. Just as you can keep deleting. I can keep posting at any time on his behalf. Understand? Though not your fault. Nor the immediate family for believing, let's just call it what it is, a slightly less than accurate presentation. And I fully understand the manner in which it was presented to you, and family. However, again, it wasn't and isn't as accurate as you've been led to believe by any means.. There are quite a few people, including Mark and even a couple of people viewed in pictures posted on Mark's site that know the facts. Too bad you and the family don't. That's not to discount for a second, the horrendously outrageous sentence Mark was unfairly given. That said, you can continue deleting and making mildly amusing, grammar school comments, coupled with a subtle threat of no consequence whatsoever. I'll not only continue to post here. I'll start my own petition site for Mark. I believe there should be several, I'll also continue to write, as I've done over the years, the state and in particular, the DOJ in hopes of Mark's release from this totally unfair, draconian sentence. I sincerely thought Mark would be on the most recent Presidential pardon list. In any event, thank you for your brief, kind, intellectual response. Good to hear from you. And kindly give my warm regards to Uncle Rich. I truly miss him as well as Mark. Have a blessed day
First and foremost Robby, it's "One Star." Ouch! What a snappy, uninformed, adolescent reply. Not surprising at all. To answer the latter portion of your pleasant comment, of course I remember you Robert. How I could forget Bobby, the faux tough guy. BREAKING NEWS: This is a public forum for the behest of Mark. Just as you can keep deleting. I can keep posting at any time on his behalf. Understand? Though not your fault. Nor the immediate family for believing, let's just call it what it is, a slightly less than accurate presentation. And I fully understand the manner in which it was presented to you, and family. However, again, it wasn't and isn't as accurate as you've been led to believe by any means.. There are quite a few people, including Mark and even a couple of people viewed in pictures posted on Mark's site that know the facts. Too bad you and the family don't. That's not to discount for a second, the horrendously outrageous sentence Mark was unfairly given. That said, you can continue deleting and making mildly amusing, grammar school comments, coupled with a subtle threat of no consequence whatsoever. I'll not only continue to post here. I'll start my own petition site for Mark. I believe there should be several, I'll also continue to write, as I've done over the years, the state and in particular, the DOJ in hopes of Mark's release from this totally unfair, draconian sentence. I sincerely thought Mark would be on the most recent Presidential pardon list. In any event, thank you for your brief, kind, intellectual response. Good to hear from you. And kindly give my warm regards to Uncle Rich. I truly miss him as well as Mark. Have a blessed day
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Mark does not belong there. System is backwards rapists and murderers get out and they deserve to have the sentence mark got let's turn things around and give violent offenders what they deserve and let nonviolent offenders out