The Murder Shaking San Franciscos Liberal Soul - Daily Beast
Across the top of the letter, the man neatly lettered the words “Motion to Correct Sentence” and “United States V. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. As Lopez-Sanchez, DOB 12/12/1980, he reminded the court in this letter from a federal correctional facility in Missouri that he was serving 51 months in federal prison for illegal reentry to the United States. He had also been sentenced to an added 21 months for violating the terms of his supervised release after a 1998 conviction for a previous illegal reentry. He wrote to the court that it was his understanding the 51 months and the 21 months were to be served concurrently. “The defendant…thanks the court for the correction,” he said in the letter. Lopez-Sanchez served the combined 72 months. He had already served 63 months in a previous case, being in a category where immigration violations translate to heavy time thanks to some relatively minor drug busts. He had spent 135 months in American federal prisons when he was returned to Mexico in late June 2009. Just three months later, this man who had written of. Source: www.thedailybeast.com
