Back to back stories on Huffington Post this morning.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/26/justi ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Sentenced to life in prison, man hopes new clemency rules will get him out
(CNN) -- "I did not really realize I was getting life until the date of sentencing. When my attorney told me, I told him that I wanted to take back my guilty plea... they denied me."
Timothy Tyler says his life ended when he was 23-years-old. That was two decades ago, when he was arrested and later sentenced to a mandatory double-life term in prison without the possibility of parole for conspiracy to possess LSD with intent to distribute. A self-described "Deadhead," Tyler was busted after mailing five grams of the hallucinogenic drug to a friend who was working as an informant for the federal government.
He's had more than 20 years to fixate on that moment, years of "what ifs" and "whys." More than 20 years of feeling like he died, until now
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/2 ... 19306.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;TechCrunch Drops RadiumOne From Disrupt Conference Over CEO's Domestic Violence
TechCrunch is dropping online ad network RadiumOne as a sponsor of the popular Disrupt NY technology conference over charges that its CEO beat his girlfriend during a horrific episode of domestic violence.
Chahal was arrested and charged with hitting his girlfriend a staggering 117 times over a half-hour last August. The incident was caught on video, but the footage was ruled inadmissible in court because the police had seized it without a warrant. This, combined with the victim's resistance to cooperating, allowed Chahal to plead guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence and battery charges, and escape the situation with only three years of probation and some community service requirements.
