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Daniel Mosley was arrested for purchasing four ounces of meth, but the trial judge dismissed the charges. Following the district attorney’s appeal, the dismissal was reversed and Mosley was retried and convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine.

After being released on bond for his arrest, Mosley, realizing he was sick and needed help, completed an intensive 10-month inpatient drug treatment program. Clean for the first time in his life, he enrolled in graduate school, and was working toward a master’s degree in drug and alcohol counseling.

Two years later, Mosley was about to enter a halfway house and resume his studies when he was sentenced to mandatory life without parole for the reversed charge.

Mosley had been recommended for one-year community sentencing. In a pre-sentence investigation report, a parole officer noted that Mosley had completed inpatient drug treatment and maintained a drug-free lifestyle, concluding, “He does not appear to pose an immediate threat to the community and it seems it would be most beneficial to work with him in a community setting.” Although the judge stated she wanted to show mercy, she was not permitted to do so under Oklahoma’s habitual drug offender statute because of his prior nonviolent drug convictions.

Now 57, Mosley has been incarcerated for three and a half years, during which he has participated in drug recovery and faith-based programs. He reports he has stayed clean and sober despite the hopelessness of his sentence, which he says “is like being buried alive.” If released from prison, he wants to resume the career path he was on when he was incarcerated and help other people with drug addiction. 

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