This expression of accuracy, aligns to verify a truth that has been shown as a “RACIALLY MOTIVATED ACTION” by the Virginia Beach Circuit Court, as well as an unknown number of City and County Judges throughout the State of Virginia, intending to increase the Prison Population with the unfair sentencing of Black Men and Women in the State of Virginia. While some may consider this to be an “unfair speculation”, I assure you that the record and the research of past Criminal offenses, will not only show the discrepancies in sentencing practices in the Va. Beach Circuit Courts, but also the unfair sentencing practices that exists throughout the State of Virginia, as well as every other State to make up the sum total 50.
Due to these VERIFIABLE Decisions/Judgments, it’s painfully obvious that there WAS and IS an empathetic “benefit of doubt” giving, this is and continues to be extended to White people, over Black and Brown People. While the STRICT enactment of the “Tough On Crime Bill and its Harsher Sentences” created far more hardships, than lied about; it’s rigid application, has resulted in the Black Males being found guilty of Criminal Offenses that are identical to White Males, but when it came to sentencing, Black Men and Women were sentenced to a much longer term of incarceration.
While the inaccurate titles of “Conspiracy Theorist” or “Angry Black Man” is likely to be spat, but when this act of racism is spoken about, such an unwarranted labeling only confirms the arrogance and audacious mentality of the people who are appointed to “Judge and Punish” by an ethical balancing. There are TOO MANY factual occurrences that will show the biasness of these robed officials, who continue to cloak their devious ideologies with the letter of the law.
But tell me…WHEN THE FACTS can be shown by researching the sentences of Black and Brown People Convicted and Sentenced for Felony Homicide, and those researched numbers, when compared to the number of White People Convicted and Sentenced for Felony Homicide, the flagrant discrimination is revealed. So tell Me, will “THEY” change the unwarranted attachment of inappropriate naming, when the revelation of “lopsided” Justice, accurately shows the “Black and Brown People Who Were Unjustly Tried or Unfairly Sentenced”?
Shouldn’t the findings of an honest comparison, be deemed UNJUST if the findings reflect a Judicial imbalance, when different people are before the Court? While Harsher Sentences are the result of a “Tough On Crime Bill” that utilized fear mongering tactics to fill the coffers of State Officials, as well as the individual “stakeholders” of Corporate and Privatization plannings, that would come to exploit the Incarcerated Person as well as their loved ones.
The Imprisoning and Warehousing of Black Men and Women hadn’t only become “BIG” business, but an oppressive reason to “over police” low-income neighborhoods, which are predominantly Black or Brown communities, due to stratification and the socioeconomic circumstances put in place by Legislative Officials, who saw low-income housing as Political Catapults for career minded Politicians.
I mean, how hard is it to figure, when the of Jury of my Trial Proceedings, UNANIMOUSLY ACQUITTED me of a Firearm I never possessed or used? That very “acquittal” has a GIGANTIC importance, with a SUBSTANTIAL VALUE to my incarceration. Not only did the ACQUITTAL remove the Firearm from my possession, but it also proved the IMPOSSIBILITY of me, being responsible for the act of First-Degree Murder that had been committed! These verifiable FACTS, ELIMINATES any accusation of a Violent Act being committed by my hands. And since the trial Jury had determined that I DID NOT HAVE or USE the weapon proven to have killed the victim, the determined verdict clarified the “lack of any physical action” committed on my part, thus proving my innocence ON IT’S FACE(meaning: Absolutely Obvious)!
But even as a “NONCONTRIBUTING ACCESSORY” in the crime committed, there was NO EVIDENCE to show that I knowingly or unknowingly, Aided; Assisted; or Abetted, by Actions; Words; or Gestures! Nor was there any evidence to support the accusation, that I had prior knowledge of any intention to commit a crime, let alone the crime of First-Degree Murder.
With all of the FACTS I just conveyed to you, being accessible to the public, I HEREBY ACCUSE THE VA. BEACH CIRCUIT COURT, OF DELIBERATELY SENTENCING ME TO A TERM OF CONFINEMENT, THAT WOULD EXCEED THE TERM OF CONFINEMENT MY “WHITE” CODEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED TO, AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF ALL INDICTMENTS, DECLARED “TRUE BILLS” BY THE GRAND JURY! THE NUMERICAL TERM DIFFERENCE IS ’10’ YEARS! PER THE VERIFIED SENTENCE SUMMARY, MY “WHITE” CODEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED TO LESS TIME ON EVERY CRIMINAL INDICTMENT! AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN ACQUITTED OF THE VERY INSTRUMENT USED TO COMMIT THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE; HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ‘USE OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY’, AND I STILL WAS SENTENCED TO A MORE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME!
For the record, He received 29 years total, and I received 39 years. Where I was sentenced to 25 years for First Degree Murder, he was sentenced to 20 years! Where I was sentenced to 10 years for Attempted Robbery, he was sentenced to 6 years! Where I was sentenced to 4 year for Conspiracy, he was given 12 months! Where I was ACQUITTED of Use of a Firearm in the commission of a felony, he was given 3 years!!! That’s just to put things in perspective for you. I was TRIED; CONVICTED; and SENTENCED to 4 decades, for BEING BLACK!! That’s not what I’m saying, that’s what the facts has shown!
-Alfonso Skyles
Brilliance Behind Bars 