Free Richard Paey!

Free Richard Paey!; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2007-09-19

See also:
Paey Clemency Update!!
Paey Clemency Petetion
[Paey's] Suffering Merits Shot at Freedom

This is it, tomorrow is the day, and I am at once elated and anxious. Tomorrow, the petition for clemency for 48 year old Richard Paey, a wheelchair-bound Florida man with failed back syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis, and a morphine pump in his spine courtesy of the State of Florida Dept. of Corrections, will be heard. [See: PRN archives on the Paey case]

Rationally, I think We Win. I just don’t think Gov. Crist would have made the positive efforts his office has made recently, essentially moving Paey to the head of the clemency hearing line, only to ultimately deny clemency. [See: Paey to get Shot at Early Clemency; Drug War Chronicles;2007-08-24]

And I think the case of Mark O’Hara, a 45 year old Florida man recently released from a 25 year sentence for possessing 58 Vicodin tablets that had been legitimately prescribed, is also working in Paey’s favor.

Both Paey and O’Hara were convicted for drug trafficking because the weight of the pain medications they were prescribed. Since medications like Vicodin are over 95% Tylenol, essentially both were sent to jail for decades for possessing a drug commonly available at gas stations, diners, and bodegas. Both cases represent the horrific judicial excesses that characterize our nation’s obsession with criminalizing drug users, even if those users are pain patients taking legal medicine.

I highly recommend reading attorney Flannery’s Petition for Clemency for Richard Paey. Mr. Flannery is on his way to Florida to represent Richard. Dr. Frank Fisher is engaged in another case at the moment, nor will Siobhan Reynolds or myself be attending the hearing tomorrow. I will be available by phone should medical questions arise during the hearing. But Richard and Linda Paey know the Pain Relief Network loves them - we are so with them in spirt - Mr. Flannery will have to stand in for us all

Readers - this is a great day for you to meet Siobhan Reynolds and Ronan Greenwood and the deceased Sean Greenwood, and the Paey family. See this wonderful documentary film:

Can’t wait to meet you Richard - all cross-able appendages maximally crossed! :-)

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