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This is Dennis Solo McKeithan at SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. And I called tonight to speak about the wrongfully convicted and excessively sentenced. You know, referring to myself, you know. I remember growing up hearing and reading stories about the injustice perpetuated against Black men and women by the criminal injustice system that was created to protect the status quo. One of the first books my sixth grade teacher gave me was the Scottsboro Boys. Prisons became the new plantations and Black bodies became the new economical product. The government created unjust laws geared towards Blacks, just like the crack cocaine [inaudible]. Philadelphia was no exception. But the now-defunct career criminal program was established in Philadelphia, January, 1983 and lasted about two years. This program was ruled by a policy, not a law. It was established by the district attorney and a president judge. The only- the Pennsylvania legislature had nothing to do with it. This policy allowed the district attorney to judge