Deadhead imprisoned for selling LSD has life sentence cut short by Obama
 

Deadhead imprisoned for selling LSD has life sentence cut short by Obama
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/qhAB-gm3b3mV...a57cbf35c5.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-...50839a8e00.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-...32c6f24ba1.jpg
On Tuesday, the White House an**unced President Barack Obama has commuted sentences for 111 federal inmates, including the life sentence handed down to Grateful Dead fan Timothy Tyler, whose case has been at the center of the argument over mandatory maximum sentencing for drug offenses.*

SEE ALSO: The profiles of the men and women whose sentences were commuted by Obama


A young man with a history of "psychosis and bipolar disorder" as well as abuse at the hands of his step-father as a child, according to a 2013 profile by Business Insider, Tyler had been convicted twice for drug offenses.*

It was his third conviction, for selling LSD and marijuana to a friend who was also a police informant in 1992, that earned him a life sentence. While his first two convictions only netted him probation each time, this conviction, the "third strike" led to his sentence in 1994.* Read more...

More about Prison Reform, Mandatory Minimum, Timothy Tyler, Us World, and Ushttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/zlrjEpgrym4