I don't generally take up causes but I think in this case it's warranted. Please read through it all, it's long... Act as you see fit.
*If it makes any difference, although I don't personally know her, I know people who do and I trust thier opinions as to whether or not she could possibly be guilty. Everything i've been told in addition to what I myself read makes me think she truely is innocent.
www.freedianawebb.org
2002: THE YEAR OF WISDOM
<H3>Americans Need To Open Their Eyes To a Failed Experiment
<H4>By: Dr. Robert Blesh</H4>While milling through numerous paper-clippings of the last decade's tragedies. a particular event drew my attention -- the incident which took place at McDonald's when open gun-fire echoed throughout the establishment annihilating God's most precious creations. Over a sip of coffee, I contemplated whether such behavior manifesting itself in a form of unspeakable violence will be repeated when federal prisoners are released after serving 23, 30, or 50+ years in prison as first-time non-violent offenders under the mandatory sentencing structure of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, an experimental remedy for imposing punishment in federal cases, has only yielded tremendous prison population growth ripping apart the family unit -the same fiber of which the Founding Fathers so proudly advocated as the backbone holding America together.
I never knew how the Federal Sentencing Guidelines worked until I ran across a case in which a young, talented attorney named Diana Webb was indicted as a first-time non-violent offender in a drug conspiracy.
Diana came from a loving family. A native of Europe, she was born to a retired military father and an accountant mother who served as a housewife staying home with Diana and her older sister during their formative years.
After Thanksgiving, 1994, a bitter-sweet disaster began to blossom. Diana, while an attorney, in Kansas City, Missouri, met Glen Monteer -- a charming real estate entrepreneur looking for investors for a rehab project. The two were introduced by a mutual friend who believed the arrangement would be equally beneficial to both. She also assisted him with minor traffic violations.
Unbeknownst to Diana, a dark side dominated Monteer which included a cycle of alcohol and drug abuse which would later be reflected in erratic behavior problems in the form of physical fits of rage and outbursts.
Diana agreed to invest in one rehab home -a small investment under $20,000 to be backed by a Credit Union. Her interaction with Monteer was limited for the next two months as she traveled overseas to visit family. In February, 1995, Monteer began having financial difficulties. He mismanaged funds in the joint venture he and Diana entered into, leaving a situation of an incomplete rehab home uninhabitable due to lack of capital for window replacements. As Monteer was residing on the premises, the cooler weather from a fierce winter not subsiding, made it impossible to continue the venture. With no place to go and no money at hand, Monteer inched his way into the personal life of Diana Webb.
Diana's family describes her as a giving child with a big heart to the less fortunate. Diana's ambitions led her to follow a desire of pilgrimage to Calcutta, India, and serve at Kalighat -- the home for the dying originally opened by Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was once criticized for the conditions at Kalighat to which she responded that "Kalighat was not to cure the sick, but to offer the poor people of Calcutta, who had been stripped of all human dignity, a chance to die beautifully."
As Diana's dream was unfolding, she would soon find herself instead joining the ranks of those who have been stripped of all human dignity by landing in federal prison. As much as Diana believed Monteer was putting out a shingle to build a real estate business, his secret dark life emerged and encompassed a drug-dealing scandal to feed his own addiction.
In March, 1995, Webb noticed strange changes in Monteer's behavior including vicious physical attacks against her and emotional and mental cruelty. She terminated the friendship and association in early summer. The final blow occurred when Monteer, on July 10, 1995, hid in the bushes of her home and when she arrived, man-handled himself into the residence inflicting brutal wounds with a baseball bat and tire iron, necessitating hospital treatment.
One would think that such an action would bring forth a prosecution of the offense, but instead a twisted turn of events enveloped her life. As Diana was healing from the experience, her inner self started to heal as well -- making way for the calm before the storm. Her self-esteem, once at an "all-time-low" both from the abuse from Monteer as well as a failed marriage due to alcohol and physical abuse from her ex-husband, was steadily rising. Over a year had finally passed during which time Diana was able to pick up the pieces and build a successful law practice and begin to fulfill her professional and personal life. Her employer stated she was "the best employee" he had ever had -- respected by both clients, judges and attorneys alike.
On August 22, 1996, life dealt yet another blow in the life of Diana Webb. An indictment was handed down in the Western District of Missouri for Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine, naming Diana, Monteer, and two other men as co-defendants. Diana was at a total loss. Here was a case, in which no drugs were involved, and all defendants were facing 10 years to life under the mandatory sentencing structure of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for a drug conspiracy. The three co-defendants provided sworn deposition testimony exculpating Diana from any wrong-doing....
Read the rest at www.freedianawebb.org and http://www.november.org/thewall/cases/webb-d/webb-d.html
Sign the petition here http://www.petitiononline.com/86195dw
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