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John Legend Criticizes Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Sentence

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
December 20, 2019
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John Legend is weighing in on Felicity Huffman’s surprise 14-day prison sentence for her part in the college admissions bribery scandal.

The actress was also ordered by a federal judge to pay a fine of $30,000 as well as perform 250 hours of community service. Many criticized the sentence as an example of how low-income individuals and people of color often receive much higher sentences for lesser transgressions.

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“I get why everyone gets mad when rich person X gets a short sentence and poor person of color Y gets a long one,” Legend tweeted without directly naming Huffman. “The answer isn’t for X to get more; it’s for both of them to get less (or even none!!!) We should level down not up.”

“Americans have become desensitized to how much we lock people up. Prisons and jails are not the answer to every bad thing everyone does, but we’ve come to use them to address nearly every societal ill,” he continued.

Americans have become desensitized to how much we lock people up. Prisons and jails are not the answer to every bad thing everyone does, but we’ve come to use them to address nearly every societal ill.

— John Legend (@johnlegend)

Legend then mentioned some of the cases people cited as examples of inequities in sentencing.

“It’s insane we locked a woman up for 5 years for sending her kid to the wrong school district. Literally everyone involved in that decision should be ashamed of themselves,” he tweeted, referencing Connecticut mom Tanya McDowell, who in 2012 was sentenced to five years in prison for enrolling her son in a school district where he didn’t live.

It’s unconscionable that we locked a woman up for voting when, unbeknownst to her, she was ineligible.

— John Legend (@johnlegend)

And no one in our nation will benefit from the 14 days an actress will serve for cheating in college admissions. We don’t need to lock people up for any of this stuff.

— John Legend (@johnlegend)

“No one in our nation will benefit from the 14 days an actress will serve for cheating in college admissions.”

 

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Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

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