The Roll-up #172: Free the Old Guy, Part II: He’s Coming Home

On a previous episode we told the story of 71-year-old Richard DeLisi, America’s longest-serving cannabis prisoner.

Now we have a follow-up. Authorities in Florida have granted DeLisi clemency. He’s scheduled to be released next month. We talk with Chiara Juster, a lawyer who worked with the Last Prisoner Project and the DeLisi family to finally gain freedom for this prisoner of conscience.

Read about more prisoners like DeLisi and the work of Last Prisoner Project here.

Stories we’re talking about this week

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You can help free America’s cannabis prisoners. Here’s how

Bruce Barcott

August 6, 2020

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Richard DeLisi, 71, suffers in a Florida prison while others make millions on marijuana

Fatma Khaled

July 26, 2020

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Richard DeLisi will be set free in December

Fatma Khaled

November 10, 2020

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