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July 18, 2014
!" #lemency $earin% for &eli' (arcia
)ffice of #ommission of A%ricul*ure A+am Pu*nam
ea%an ussell, #lemency Ai+e
40, #al-oun .*., .ui*e /20
0alla-assee, &1 2229930810
Dear Ms. ussell,
&or over 2 years no4, DeafInPrison.com -as 4or5e+ *o ob*ain *-e release of
&eli' (arcia. $e is a 4ron%ly convic*e+ Deaf man, 4-o -as serve+ 22 years of a
life sen*ence. )ur con*ribu*or, Pa* 6liss, -as 4or5e+ *irelessly an+ 4i*- no
financial su77or*, on *-is case, for over 1, years no4. &eli' -a+ an alibi for *-e
*ime *-a* *-e crime 4as bein% commi**e+, an+ -is bro*-er, *-e *rue %uil*y 7ar*y,
-as confesse+ in o7en cour*.
I am no* an a**orney. I canno* ar%ue 7oin*s of la4, an+ *-e 7ur7ose of *-is le**er is
*o bo*- accom7any *-e enclose+ 7e*i*ion, an+ *o 7lea+ 4i*- you on a 7oin* of
morali*y an+ -umani*y. )*-ers, far more 8ualifie+ *-an I 4ill 7resen* *-e le%al
ar%umen*s for &eli'9s clemency. I 4is- only *o a77eal *o your 7ersonal sense of
ri%-* an+ 4ron%.
I* 4oul+ serve *-e 7eo7le be**er, if *en %uil*y men 4en* un7unis-e+, *-en for one
innocen* man *o serve *ime. A 4ron%ful convic*ion is a -orror. I* illus*ra*es *o *-e
%uil*y, *-a* *-e :us*ice sys*em is a ri%%e+ %ame, an+ i* illus*ra*es *o *-e innocen*
*-a* *-eir feal*y is mis7lace+ ; *-a* *-eir Jus*ice .ys*em is no*, a* all :us*.
In my 7osi*ion as !+i*or of DeafInPrison.com, I -ave -a+ *-e o77or*uni*y *o s*u+y
&eli' in in*ervie4s, an+ rea+ o*-er au*-ors9 4ri*in%s. &eli' is a %enuinely +ecen*
$uman 6ein%. $e -as e+uca*e+ -imself in 7rison, learnin% firs*, *o .i%n, *-en *o
rea+. $e *au%-* -imself com7u*er co+in%. $e -as sufficien* com7u*er s5ills *o
en*er in*o a career in com7u*in%. In fac*, -e -as 4ri**en 7ro%rams *-a* are in use
by *-e &lori+a D)J.
&eli' refers *o Ms. 6liss as Mom, an+ from 4-a* I un+ers*an+< -e 4ill be %oin% *o
live 4i*- -er in =ir%inia, u7on -is release. 0-ere is a fun+ es*ablis-e+ for -is
su77or*, an+ em7loymen* o77or*uni*ies e'is* for -im, *-ere.
Please +o *-e ri%-* *-in%, an+ %ran* &eli' (arcia clemency.
es7ec*fully,
Davi+ P. (reenber%
!+i*or
DeafInPrison.com