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Alexis Martin, a black femoid, was 15 when she was charged with felony murder. A group of robbers had shot and killed Angelo Kerney, Martin's pimp. Ohio prosecutors alleged that Martin was working for Kerney's escort business, and that she had led the robbers into Kerney's house. A judge agreed and sentenced her to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 21 years.
Soys were outraged. Martin was a victim of child sex trafficking, they said. And after years of pressure, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) commuted her sentence in April 2020, freeing her on parole early.
View: https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1251277588095315968
Today, the Washington Post reported:
Parole officers found cocaine, marijuana, and two firearms in her apartment during a random search.
Martin's lawyer says that the drugs and guns belonged not to her but her 41-year-old boyfriend.
Personality detector failed? Back to life in prison you go!
Soys were outraged. Martin was a victim of child sex trafficking, they said. And after years of pressure, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) commuted her sentence in April 2020, freeing her on parole early.
View: https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1251277588095315968
Today, the Washington Post reported:
Nearly two years after being freed by Ohio’s governor, child sex trafficking survivor Alexis “Kee” Martin has been sent back to prison. Martin’s commutation was revoked in February after she violated the conditions of her parole.
She will now serve the remainder of the 21 years-to-life sentence imposed on her for a crime that occurred when she was 15 years old.
The news came as a shock to advocates across the country, who have rallied around Martin as a symbol of what can happen when courts ignore the trauma trafficked children endure.
“To other survivors who support me and look to me for hope, I apologize for letting them down,” said Martin, 24, in an interview from the Ohio Reformatory for Women. "I won’t give up until every last person in the world tells me no and that I deserve to be behind bars.”
Parole officers found cocaine, marijuana, and two firearms in her apartment during a random search.
The parole authority had the power to allow Martin to remain under the same parole conditions, to increase the level of supervision she was under or to remand her back to prison to serve any number of years. They chose the harshest level of punishment available: a complete revocation of her commutation and reinstatement of her full sentence. “The Ohio Parole Board has carefully considered all of the factors and circumstances brought to its attention,” the revocation order stated. “The hearing officer recommends that you finish out the rest of your sentence as if the commutation had not been granted.”
Now, Martin could remain in prison for the rest of her life. She will not have the chance to return to the parole board until November 2034, after having served a total of 21 years.
Martin's lawyer says that the drugs and guns belonged not to her but her 41-year-old boyfriend.
She’d started dating, she said, because she wanted to have a family. Her own childhood was marked by homelessness and sexual abuse, including a rape that led to a pregnancy and miscarriage when she was 12 years old. During her teenage years in prison, she took classes about domestic violence and came up with her own definition of a healthy relationship: someone who didn’t hit her, yell at her or use her money. Her new boyfriend didn’t do any of those things, she said. She believed him when he said his involvement with drugs was behind him.
“There’s going to be some people that says he took advantage of me because he was 41. There’s going to be some people that says I knew better, and I wish that I did,” Martin said.
Personality detector failed? Back to life in prison you go!
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