Willie Simmons Prison
Alabama Man Serving Life Sentence For Stealing $9
Now 62, Simmons is still being held at Holman Correctional Facility in Escambia County, Alabama. He hasn’t had any visitors since 2005, when his sister passed away. He spends his time studying for...
https://www.essence.com/news/willie-simmons-life-prison-alabama-habitual-offender/
Willie Simmons (inmate) - Wikipedia
Simmons, who had three prior nonviolent convictions, was prosecuted as a habitual offenderunder Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA) and has been imprisoned at Holman Correctional Facilityin Atmore, Alabama, since 1982. In the summer of 2021 Willie Simmons was moved to Fountain Correctional Facilitywhich is also located in Atmore, Alabama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Simmons_(inmate)
Justice for Willie Simmons — Dallas Justice Now
SHELBURNE: Willie Simmons has been in prison for over 30 years for committing a robbery in Enterprise, Ala., when he was in his early 20s. He stole a man's wallet and kind of wrestled him to the ground during the incident. And there was $9 in the wallet. He was arrested a short time later.
https://www.dallasjustice.org/blog/justice-for-willie-simmons
This Man Spent Past 38 Years Imprisoned For Stealing $9 - Bored Panda
“Today I talked to Willie Simmons, who has spent the last 38 years in prison for stealing $9,” Beth began her Twitter thread. Willie Simmons is a man from the small town of Enterprise, Alabama. He got into hard drugs when he was just a teenager. When he was 25, “the state said he should die in prison.” Image credits: bshelburne
https://www.boredpanda.com/alabama-habitual-offender-law-man-imprisoned-for-38-years-willie-simmons/
Justice for Willie Simmons
In 1982, at the age of 25 Willie Simmons was sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole for stealing $9. He has been in prison for 39 years, and is now 64 years old. This web site is intended to advocate for his release and compensation for the injustice done him. How can you help Willie Simmons? HB 107 Sign the petitions Write him a letter
https://justiceforwilliesimmons.org/
Alabama Army veteran serving life for stealing $9 in 1982 wants ... - MEAWW
Willie Simmons has been incarcerated for the last 38 years for stealing $9. (Police mugshot) ADVERTISEMENT A man from Alabama, who is 62 now, has reportedly spent the last 38 years of his life in prison for stealing $9 in 1982. Willie Simmons was convicted of first degree robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in the state.
https://meaww.com/alabama-man-willie-simmons-serving-life-sentence-prison-for-stealing-9-in-1982
Petition · I want Willie Simmons released from prison. For stealing $9 ...
Willie Simmons (black man) who’s been incarcerated for 38 years for stealing $9. He was convicted for 1st-degree robbery and was sentenced to life without parole in 1982. Please let this man free when I read this article my heart was full. I’m begging the people in Alabama to sign this petition as this is where he’s from. This is a harsh punishment for just stealing $9.
https://www.change.org/p/the-governer-of-alabama-i-want-willie-simmons-released-from-prison-for-stealing-9-he-s-been-in-prison-for-38-yrs
A $9 theft has imprisoned a man since 1982, now a journalist ... - TheGrio
A 62-year-old man’s tragic story has gone viral after it was revealed that he had spent most of his adult life in prison for stealing a paltry $9. On Saturday, journalist Beth Shelburne shared the...
https://thegrio.com/2019/12/23/a-9-theft-has-imprisoned-a-man-since-1982-now-a-journalist-is-calling-out-the-injustice/
Help free Willie Simmons!, organized by Uwe Kristen
Uwe Kristen and 2 others are organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Chris Foran. Willie Junior Simmons is a 63 year old Alabama man who has served 38 years of a life sentence without parole for a $9 robbery. He was sentenced under the Habitual Felony Offenders Act, also known as Alabama’s “three strikes” law.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lifetime-in-prison-for-a-9-dollar-robbery
The Effects Of Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act : NPR
SHELBURNE: Willie Simmons has been in prison for over 30 years for committing a robbery in Enterprise, Ala., when he was in his early 20s. He stole a man's wallet and kind of wrestled him to the...
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/29/792146693/the-effects-of-alabamas-habitual-felony-offender-act
'Draconian law': Outrage over Alabama man sentenced to life in prison ...
Willie Simmons, who has spent the last 38 years in prison, was prosecuted as a repeat offender and sentenced to life in prison in 1982. ... While in prison, Simmons is studying for his GED and ...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/draconian-law-outrage-over-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-stealing-9