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99 Days: A Call for Support (4:00) Dontie Mitchell
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:03:59
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"99 Days: A Call For Support." My clemency application has been pending now for 21 months. I thought Governor Cuomo would have made his decision on it during the holidays last year. Instead, he made his clemency decisions on New Year's Day. And I wasn't among none of them. I guess that's a good thing because I didn't get a denial. It means the governor's office is still considering my application, maybe. What I know is that I have 99 days to build enough public support to get the governor's attention. It's the only way to increase the likelihood of me getting clemency. As I said before, clemency is just as much a political decision as it is a moral one. If the public support granting me clemency after I spent 22 years in prison—more than half my life—when I didn't hurt, harm, or injury anyone; and when I diligently worked to better myself and serve as a positive role model for others, especially young prisoners; then the governor is much more likely to grant me clemency. There's really no reason for him not t