RECOMMENDATION OF RELEASE BY WILL FOSTER'S JUDGE

[Garret Overstreet]

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The judge in Will Foster's case recommended Wednesday that Will Foster
be released and to have his parole revoked. This came as a surprise
Wednesday during Will's parole revocation hearing. There is no
timetable as to when the hearing's administrative judge will make the
recommendation, though under Oklahoma law, the governor has the final
say whether convicted felons may be released from parole or have their
parole revoked and sent back to prison. As of now, it is up to Brad
Henry to sign off on his release to allow him to go back to California
to receive the proper treatment for his back pain.

Backstory:
William Joseph Foster, arrested and charged in 1995 for growing
marijuana at his home in Tulsa (after a bogus informant's tip of other
accounts). Sentenced to 93 years in prison, this was considered to be
an an unusually extended punishment by family and marijuana advocates.
A year later and after much attention, a state appeals court reduced
his sentence to 20 years. He was out on parole by 2001 with the parole
terms that he leave the state, so he moved to California, where he
would be supervised. In 2007, California ended its supervision,
causing Oklahoma's Administrator of Parole and Interstate Services for
the Department of Correction, Milt Gilliam, to revise Foster’s
supervision. A disagreement emerged between Foster and Oklahoma over
the terms of the parole, causing the state to issue a warrant,
bringing Foster back to Oklahoma in 2009.

What You Can Do To Help:
Call, write, email, or meet with Governor Brad Henry urging him to
sign off on the release of Will Foster and to let him move back
California to be with family and save Oklahoma tax dollars on
continuing such a bizarre case!

Governor Brad Henry
2300 N. Lincoln BLVD, Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Phone: (405) 521-2342
Fax: (405) 521-3353
email: http://www.ok.gov/governor/message.php