Sarah Stillman

I think most people who look at a case like Sadiq's think that it is not serving us as a society, even just the costs alone to incarcerate a man for the his family for something that he was not even present for. It just doesn't really ring as justice to most people that I've spoken with across the aisle, really.

I think most people who look at a case like Sadiq's think that it is not serving us as a society, even just the costs alone to incarcerate a man for the his family for something that he was not even present for. It just doesn't really ring as justice to most people that I've spoken with across the aisle, really.

Yeah, he learned at the very beginning of the process, right? When he got locked up pre-trial, there was a man, Eric Redeemer, who was there in another jail cell who decided to basically offer almost like a law class inside the jail where he was showing, here's how I fought my case. Here's how you can fight your case.

Yeah, he learned at the very beginning of the process, right? When he got locked up pre-trial, there was a man, Eric Redeemer, who was there in another jail cell who decided to basically offer almost like a law class inside the jail where he was showing, here's how I fought my case. Here's how you can fight your case.

Yeah, he learned at the very beginning of the process, right? When he got locked up pre-trial, there was a man, Eric Redeemer, who was there in another jail cell who decided to basically offer almost like a law class inside the jail where he was showing, here's how I fought my case. Here's how you can fight your case.

And so Sadiq became very disciplined about studying the law, studying his rights and bringing these legal filings. So when I first found him, I mean, I found a lot of handwritten legal filings because he doesn't have access to all the different legal resources that you or I might have as a free person.

And so Sadiq became very disciplined about studying the law, studying his rights and bringing these legal filings. So when I first found him, I mean, I found a lot of handwritten legal filings because he doesn't have access to all the different legal resources that you or I might have as a free person.

And so Sadiq became very disciplined about studying the law, studying his rights and bringing these legal filings. So when I first found him, I mean, I found a lot of handwritten legal filings because he doesn't have access to all the different legal resources that you or I might have as a free person.

But he would systematically each day go to the law library and download what he could get and come up with legal theories. And he's still pushing and he has been for years. And now he finally does have a shot.

But he would systematically each day go to the law library and download what he could get and come up with legal theories. And he's still pushing and he has been for years. And now he finally does have a shot.

But he would systematically each day go to the law library and download what he could get and come up with legal theories. And he's still pushing and he has been for years. And now he finally does have a shot.

Another wild thing about our system is that we really do not, as a public, have a transparent window into who is locked up for what and why. I would have thought that's one of the more basic pieces of information in the criminal justice system. But what I found in looking at felony murder, I thought, I very naively thought at the beginning, oh, I'll just file some FOIA requests.

Another wild thing about our system is that we really do not, as a public, have a transparent window into who is locked up for what and why. I would have thought that's one of the more basic pieces of information in the criminal justice system. But what I found in looking at felony murder, I thought, I very naively thought at the beginning, oh, I'll just file some FOIA requests.

Another wild thing about our system is that we really do not, as a public, have a transparent window into who is locked up for what and why. I would have thought that's one of the more basic pieces of information in the criminal justice system. But what I found in looking at felony murder, I thought, I very naively thought at the beginning, oh, I'll just file some FOIA requests.

I'll get these public records. I'll find out how many people are locked up across America on a felony murder conviction. Instead, what I found is many states said they kept no records on this. Many states like Florida, they would actually change the charge on the books. So if you look at what Sadiq was originally charged with, it says, you know, first degree felony murder.

I'll get these public records. I'll find out how many people are locked up across America on a felony murder conviction. Instead, what I found is many states said they kept no records on this. Many states like Florida, they would actually change the charge on the books. So if you look at what Sadiq was originally charged with, it says, you know, first degree felony murder.

I'll get these public records. I'll find out how many people are locked up across America on a felony murder conviction. Instead, what I found is many states said they kept no records on this. Many states like Florida, they would actually change the charge on the books. So if you look at what Sadiq was originally charged with, it says, you know, first degree felony murder.

But then when you are convicted, it just becomes first degree murder. So a lot of the people I spoke to who were incarcerated on this charge also felt just like the pain of knowing that when someone looks at their case, it looks like they made an intentional decision to murder, which is, I think, what most of us think the word murder means. But in the records... That's simply not how it's kept.

But then when you are convicted, it just becomes first degree murder. So a lot of the people I spoke to who were incarcerated on this charge also felt just like the pain of knowing that when someone looks at their case, it looks like they made an intentional decision to murder, which is, I think, what most of us think the word murder means. But in the records... That's simply not how it's kept.

But then when you are convicted, it just becomes first degree murder. So a lot of the people I spoke to who were incarcerated on this charge also felt just like the pain of knowing that when someone looks at their case, it looks like they made an intentional decision to murder, which is, I think, what most of us think the word murder means. But in the records... That's simply not how it's kept.