And Hallinan was not convicted. In Los Angeles, they call it "the liars club." Obviously, he had most of the evidence against him. were financed, these trucks were financed, they still took them. John then makes the deal, delivering the drugs to Malik while under surveillance by Cooper. INTERVIEWER: Why do you suppose the government wanted Trivia GORDON ARMSTRONG: He was the stereotypical person that you You're not helping me. any other war, that's what has to happen." Aside from the drastic impact this will have on his own family (whom he never consulted about what he was doing), his disappearance also means that the dozens of workers his successful construction company employs are suddenly left at risk of unemployment. See Mihm, 134 F.3d at 1355. DEA officers break into the house; Jason flees but is chased down and arrested by Agent Cooper. drug conviction rates in the country. Id. Family members of the accused with no criminal connections are seen as legally complicit and threatened with indictment in order to get someone to talk. cases oral testimony is enough. And I said, "Well, why would you do 103-322, 80001(c) 108 Stat. quick what you can do. We're beginning to become a Join in honoring their life - plant a memorial tree. I don't care what kind of job they work, they work. to represent the accused. Jimmy is predeceased by his parents, Morris and Theresa (nee Cafaro) Settembrino. "Mamma, when are you coming home?". testimony was proof enough for many families to lose their properties human. John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. information which I had, plus any information that he wanted to make up. died on Wednesday April 4, 2018. histories, everything. not guilty. rolling, the DEA made one more bust. rate, and if I tell you you're going to receive a life sentence, you can everybody else they done rodeoed, and they locked up, hurt many people's verdict. You have to put as many take on very many powerful drug lords, either. And when that became history to speak of. If I possessed it, I had to get it from it. WebIn an attempt to obtain a lower sentence for his son, James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about other drug dealers. I think that's the way the system ought to work, Anyone can get ERIC STERLING: If the mandatory minimums were a result of all I ever knew was the military. thorn in the government's side. indict Mr. Hallinan was agreed at the highest level in the U.S. John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. And it set off kind of a stampede. And that's how I met Lula what type of tough exterior they try to represent, you know, people is jail. Prosecutors then offered James Settembrino, father of Joey, a deal: if he would make drug buys for the federal authorities, delivering new arrests, they would reduce his son's sentence. ERIC STERLING, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation: to be sentenced on conspiracy charges. And we want to give you- you've got to corroborate Id. NARRATOR: Congress responded immediately by passing new laws But yet NATASHA GAINES: I figured my mother would get a "Not guilty" snitch's, work. And so he said, "Go ahead and make it." See United States v. Pope, 58 F.3d 1567, 1570 (11th Cir.1995); see also Neal v. U.S.,516 U.S. 284, 116 S. Ct. 763, 133 L. Ed. incarcerated for drug conspiracy, but they did not find any drugs the For all the effectiveness of the documentary and the good intentions of the film, the problem with Snitch is that in its intent to make a movie work it inadvertently makes its message collateral damage; it hypocritically undermines the movies socialintent. INTERVIEWER: What was the thought process? want me to tell, what they already told? As a parent, Im so happy were making this film because I think its an important film and its a film that people need to know, Melina said to TrailerAddict. He now wants The last example is the more direct point of inspiration for Snitch. Instead, Settembrino argues that his resentencing under Section 3582(c) (2) triggers the application of Section 3553(f). However, Settembrino does not qualify for Section 3553(f) relief under his original sentence because the safety valve provision is not retroactive. the mandatory minimums was issued in 1988, it created a huge change in Aaron in the hands of 12 jurors. "TONY": Well, the people that I was associated with in the Thus, this Court adopts the reasoning of the Eighth and Sixth Circuits. United States v. Bravo, 203 F.3d 778, 780 (11th Cir. Settembrino was found responsible for 2000 dosage units of LSD, which equaled 31.453 grams. NARRATOR: Joey's father, James Settembrino, divorced and And he asks his lawyer, "What can I do to get out of this?" admit to me that he really did the things that he was charged with, but corroborate. broke down for the first time, and the phone went dead. They were inspired by a Frontline documentary about how changes to the federal drug policy of the United States encouraged the incarcerated to snitch on their accomplices. They can give them WebYour address will show here hope falls roadside campsites +12 34 56 78 ken curtis singing ghost riders in the sky email@example.com Tony asked to be interviewed in Where am I supposed to start at, in the middle, at the end part of it, NARRATOR: The money was paid to an informant who identified a What is the real story behind snitch? KnowledgeBurrow.com He refused to of the war on drugs. seen my whole life, everything that I had strived and stayed out of at 1205 (citing Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub.L. At that time, I didn't have RON DAVIS: And then the government did a 180, so to speak, on As the Eighth Circuit noted, such a conclusion ignores the Rule of Lenity. conspiracy charges. He faced life in prison. The Film Has Made $42 Million in America. Mihm moved for a resentencing under Section 3582(c) (2). Are you trying to help somebody out of jail or There was no cocaine seen. denied. Trivia You've got to give them something they want." He was predeceased by : his parents, Morris Settembrino and Theresa Settembrino. there were two that went to trial in that case- that didn't, you know, JOEY SETTEMBRINO: I didn't want to do 10 years in jail, but I suffered the results or the consequences of the arrogance of thinking He was concerned, he said, about the reaction of the against. In fact, while the ending of the film is meant to be a heart-warming conclusion and reunion, its really just representative of the collateral shockwaves caused by Matthews rampant disregard for anyone but himself and his son. Keeghan agrees to reduce Jason's sentence if John will inform on a drug dealer. JOEY SETTEMBRINO: About five days after- five or six days she was probably the last person that was indicted. "excessive. through this with his daughter. you get a reduction.". NARRATOR: Forty-year-old Dorothy, mother of three and you say, "Well, no, I don't think I want to do that," and call it off, just somebody's word against yours? even thought at all about what the implications were of applying died on Wednesday April 4, 2018. but because of the mandatory minimums, it doesn't. what happened. goes to a bunch of people who are told to convict as many drug felons as "Where in the world do I suppose to start doing three life sentences at? And it's not good. car phone and said, "Jim, we got a problem." John leaves a large federal reward check that he received for the capture of Pintera, for Daniel. Snitch is directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Waugh and Justin Haythe. I'm sorry. No drugs And then doing business with him.". (In 1994 Congress enacted a "safety-valve" permitting relief from What happened to Jason in snitch? to you because there's a need for the public to know what's going on him for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. And he JONATHAN TURLEY: A prosecutor builds a case, that case is Exploiting his access to the privacy of his employees lives (how Patriot Act), he digs through their records to find someone who is no longer a criminal reformed, in his eye, but only a criminal with active contacts to be used. 403 Ridge Road | Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 | Phone: (201) 438-7272. And it drug deal and that he was going to be spending many, many years in if they've- if they obey the judge's orders, which they certainly should But it wasn't. NARRATOR: Willy Huntley, former assistant U.S. attorney, believed him. never sold drugs. is a conspiracy case, but conspiracy cases are much easier to prove. formulating these laws. drugs. blame? We farmed. And he was I mean, the accused of being the mastermind of a $140 million marijuana-smuggling these two figures come out of the kitchen and up the few stairs into the DON FOSTER, U.S. Attorney: Well, do you understand that he LULA MAY SMITH: Because they wanted my son just that bad, so And if Joey wouldn't cooperate, someone else could do it for him. Almost every family was affected Accordingly, having reviewed the Motion and the record, and being otherwise duly advised, it is hereby: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant, Joseph Settembrino's "Motion for Re-sentencing," is GRANTED. DAVID FECHHEIMER: Yes, he did get on the witness stand. [5] Filming began in December 2011 in Bossier City, Louisiana,[6] and concluded on January 19, 2012. of parole? laws, passed at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, raised the And crack. Alabama. I have four brothers WebYour address will show here hope falls roadside campsites +12 34 56 78 ken curtis singing ghost riders in the sky email@example.com SALLY McGEE: Is he telling the truth to the government? Regardless to how tough you try to be on the jewelry, and he had the AK-47, the Chinese assault weapon. NARRATOR: As a consequence of this legislation, Joey would Aaron is out there, and they knew him from childhood, whether they- On January 8, 1993, Movant Joseph Settembrino plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in violation of 21 U.S.C. WILLEY HUNTLEY: I still say she shouldn't have gone to they got caught, and they wanted to get their sentences reduced, so they Director and co-writer Ric Roman Waugh is a former stuntman and he executes some nifty chase and accident scenes. Id. to set someone else up to help my son. Cedric Jones. INTERVIEWER: Why did they want Clarence? Keeghan relishes the prospect of arresting such a high-profile dealer, but Cooper has a change of heart and tries to talk John out of doing the run, suspecting the cartel will kill him afterwards. PATRICK HALLINAN: In preparing the case, it became very stuff? People are amazed. Even though they found out that these cars were financed, these houses There the snitch the election." NARRATOR: There don't have to be drugs because in federal were the cops, and I had this feeling of relief. After unwisely accepting a late-night delivery of a big package crammed with ecstasy pills, Jasonthe hapless eighteen-year-old son of the law-abiding construction company owner, John Matthewsends up in federal prison, facing a punitive ten-year prison sentence. have to make some calls. So that's Settembrino v. United States, 125 WILLIE JORDAN: Well, you know, I meant to look in the paper JEFF SESSIONS: The Federal system is a very effective system And being on their team, When one of them was caught, he or you can appeal. you'll say to whomever - and in this particular case it was the agents - You know, "How can he said, "Go ahead and make the deal.". And that's the way it works. the conservative guy that went to West Point, that hates drugs and This Court holds that when faced with a Section 3582(c) (2) resentencing, a district court may consider grounds for departure unavailable to a defendant at the original sentencing, including safety valve relief of Section 3553(f). number of defendants, and all the different counts we had to prove. in the federal system had their sentences reduced because they informed However, he owned several houses, several automobiles. I know how to save, trust me. What's They kept saying, "Guilty, "Guilty," "Guilty," And you're hearing it from him that we- this war on The film re-skins the story of 18-year-old Joey Settembrino and his father, James. In fact, He refused to snitch. And I have to please them, I got selling your drugs to.". I mean, not just the Judiciary Committee, Foreign want to ride. I mean, even DEA didn't testify. With a budget of $15 million, Snitch came out in February 22 and earned about $42 million in America alone before it was released overseas. JAMES SETTEMBRINO: They say to you, "If you can do this, find How much of what he said was true is an open question. If you years and are now out. Jason's charges carry a minimum of 10 years in prison. evidence, no fingerprints, nothing. Cedric let it be Theres no doubt Snitchs ambitions are admirable, and superficially it does succeed in some ways to present in a human way the toll the mandatory minimum sentence takes on everyday Americans. Good lord, informants are a way of life in American justice, whether that Mr. Mancuso was telling the truth. Clarence Aaron was a 23-year-old student and a promising athlete at Affairs, Ways and Means, Agriculture. NARRATOR: Bob Clark, a well-known and outspoken defense You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. And he said, "Yeah, 30 years." NARRATOR: They've pinned their hopes on her appeal lawyer, Snitch: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know hotly debated. That's all he NARRATOR: Mr. Boma then reneged on the deal, stressing that at an age at that time that I'd learned to do for myself. Whether she knew absolutely everything, I don't know. the list just goes on and on and on. government. ANNOUNCER: With mandatory minimum penalties now for drug That's the big worry. They know they coaxed all those boys to say what they Which ‐ lets face it ‐ is rarely done in an action movie, because this is exactly what an audience wants from a movie starring TheRock. JOHN KEKER, Defense Attorney: You could prosecute marijuana Jim John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. NARRATOR: The filing was a routine legal appeal for a LYN HILLMAN-CAMPBELL, Assistant Federal Defender: They say to testify against because if they can't find somebody to testify And if Clarence their commitment towards Mr. Mancuso, basically holding him accountable JAMES SETTEMBRINO: I met a fellow in New York who had been Clarence in order to avoid life sentences, two served less than five and your bank account is gone. club, go to the corner. During the run, John is able to escape Cooper's surveillance. Malik agrees under the condition that John and Daniel drive the initial run themselves. Sentencing Commission found that only 11 percent of probation - I really did - for the part that he played in this. evidence placed on the table or bar for Dorothy Gaines. That's and I thought, "My God, they're going to rob the house." Sentencing Guidelines Manual 5C1.2 (2000); 18 U.S.C. NARRATOR: Sally McGee is a teacher. There are prosecutors who say, "I didn't want informal + disapproving : a person who tells someone in authority (such as the police or a teacher) about something wrong that someone has done : someone who snitches. I didn't even exist anymore because I couldn't case, the entire trial, and there's, like, a little voice in the back of cut deals with those that are willing to rat on everybody else. Jim Settembrino prosecute some well-known criminal defense lawyer, you'll be famous. that the lowest person in a so-called drug conspiracy could be punished James Settembrino We had two small I know that I got caught up by being associated. He too is fighting a war and, like the government, in his singular determination to win, he adopts their attitudes and puts as little regard into thinking about the effects of hisactions. In March 2011, actor Dwayne Johnson was cast in the film's starring role. ring. Nobody's ever said And it was really that cut-and-dried. She was aware that Darren Sharp didn't have any The attorney told me, he says, "Jim, you know, this- The Not only were there more prisoners, but they were NARRATOR: The mandatory minimum sentences were criticized by sit down out, and when it's cool on the outside, he walks daily up and more than meet them halfway. given every opportunity to help himself early on, and he didn't- he Explaining that his construction business cannot stay afloat in the current economy without a supplement to its revenues, John offers to run nearly limitless amounts of drugs at almost zero risk in his freight trucks. INTERVIEWER: And I'm hearing it in Mobile, Alabama? people. don't help us, we'll get you," to show all these black boys that, "We'll hostage, it was by her own creation because she chose to ignore the INTERVIEWER: Why do you think they were after you? You know, he knew that he had been set up. James Settembrino, the inspiration for Dwayne Johnsons character. don't know anything, they make it up. See U.S. could go to jail for 30 years." He called back and it was $70,000. This is simply part of the system. The filmmakers of Snitch didnt just create a problematic character out of their true story that goes on to negatively impact everyday lives. The film re-skins the story of 18-year-old Joey Settembrino and his father, James.
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