![]() ![]() Since the State Supreme Court found our state’s felony drug possession law unconstitutional in February, DPD’s attorneys have been working hard to address the consequences of these unconstitutional convictions, which have saddled thousands of people across the state with longer and harsher sentences than the law allows. Sanders’ story is remarkable, but he is hardly alone. “And I said, ‘Yes, Mama, it’s your birthday, and it’s Christmas, and it’s Mother’s Day.’ I’m home.” “‘Is it my birthday?’ she asked,” Sanders recalled. ![]() ![]() Nearly 90 and limited by dementia, she looked at him in bewilderment. On July 15, he walked into his mother’s home in Duvall, holding a bouquet of flowers. Twenty-six years after he was sent to prison and four years before his scheduled release date, Nate Sanders was a free man. With support from Pamela Diaz-Medrano, a paralegal, Marie filed a brief, requested a hearing, and ultimately obtained a signed order from a judge amending his judgment and sentence. Out of the blue, he received a letter from Sarra Marie, an attorney at the Department of Public Defense, saying she was taking his case. Sarra Marie, a public defender, and Nate Sanders, shortly after he was released from prison and returned to his family home in Duvall. ![]()
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