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Unjust Sentencing

Unjust Sentencing

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Started by TWANA MILES 7 years, 11 months ago

I'm bringing to your attention case #2017-1790 State of Ohio vs Terrance T. Lewis. First the sentening, Terrance was sentence to twenty years for his first offense with law, he physically hurt no one, carried a CCW, and in this case was defending himself against persons that were provoking him a long way down a road, then using there car as a weapon while he was riding a motocycle!

Terrance then was made aware his representation knows her mother, is/was in a conspiracy with the person that informed detectives that it was Terrance riding that night(because with an helmet on unless you know the person you can not see there face). Which explains why his representation didn't research to find that the "so called victims"! Has a history of provoking black men on the road/at the store, to the court. Which may have helped the hung jury! Along with Terrance seeing his mother get beaten and repeatedly stomped in the head at only seven years old.

When Terrance called 911,at seven, and sat with me and followed instructions from the operator. It seems like Terrance did better than the "so called victims" it being the scariest thing that happen to them! On the 911 call the night of the shooting!

I'm not asking that this matter be erased. But, twenty years clearly shows Terrance was sentence as if him being provoked didn't matter, his CCW didn't matter, Most importantly Terrance maintaining all that time after going threw the traumatic event he experienenced, didn't matter. Terrance has been in situations over time,(hit while riding at the fault of another in 2012), and Terrance had STAYED STRONG!

Your riding a motocycle you've had things happen in life but you're maintaining, riding actually helps free your mind and you enjoy it. A driver in a car, a lane over appears upset. You and that driver may have said words or made gestures. Then the driver does an assured clear distance, while putting you in a fearful state! You would grab your cell phone to try and call 911, but there's no time! There's no time to grab a rock,(as the Judge stated Terrance should have done!). Which we all have learned throwing rocks can cause jeopardy as well! This is a time unlike the other things you've experienced. So, you react to the drivers actions and get overly punishied for reacting to the actions of consistently provoking & ramming towards.

Also, defending yourself the way you were taught in training class to receive the CCW. Because, this feels like that fearful moment the instructor spoke about in the training class. When you can use your weapon.

I Appreciate your time!!!

21 Comments

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Dashine
7 years ago Featured

I think 20 years is absolutely redelculess.and not cosindering that the guy used his ccw the right way and knowing that he almost lost his life before of a careless driver at fault.

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Chandra besteda
7 years ago Featured

It’s a horrible feeling to know that defending yourself can cost u 20 yrs. of your life. What would u do if someone tried to run u over on a motorcycle while calling u racial slurs!

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Andrew Dorn
7 years ago Featured

20 years is far to extreme of a sentence for this young man especially if he was responding to an attack and also has a CCW

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Josh pickett
7 years ago Featured

i was in the same situation as Terrance an the driver frustration got the better of them an ran me off the side of the road causing me to crash a motorcycle....a joyful ride turn traggic when a drive of a rolling cage gets pissed about something an your tje target of every driver on the road .....if i was in that situation again i would jave dune the same thing to protect my self like we were taught to do in life aswell as ccw class

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Robert Cutshaw
7 years ago Featured

Terrance is a good kid, have know him for 8plus years. Always one to steer away from trouble. This was a time he had no other choice.

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Anonymous · petition starter
7 years ago Featured

I know and understand my son did wrong. But in this case he was sentence on who he was hanging with and what he didn't share with police. All while dealing with the police they talking about they know about him and if he would just tell and he didn't and that's unjust!!! They knew he saved his mother when he was seven, that he was a working guy that got caught up being with the wrong person. Something we all have done! It may not have lead to things but we've all did it. If he wasn't hanging with who he was and told police things. He would have never gotten sentence like that!!!

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TWANA MILES · petition starter
7 years ago

someone needs acknowledge that Terrance is a person that went from age seven to an adult in a matter of minutes and had not did anything to anyone since then so what provoked him?

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TWANA MILES · petition starter
7 years ago

I hope so I can't give up on him! He didn't on me when he seen that person kick in our door, beat me, and kept stomping me in my head at seven!!!