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Important Update!!!

Philip's case has been picked up by Families Against Mandatory Minimums, one of the largest inmate advocacy groups in the country!

click here to view his F.A.M.M. profile.

 

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It costs Indiana taxpayers $24500 a year to incarcerate an inmate.
If Philip serves the remainder of his 110 year sentence, it will cost Indiana taxpayers over $1,000,000.
The judicial system has already ruled that Philip should be released.

Why is Philip being forced to serve out his 110 year sentence?

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Philip McCollum's story:

—In 1988, he was Sentenced to 110 years for 2 drug charges.
      watch video featuring John Waterman, Indiana State Senator

—He served 21 years in prison without a single behavioral infraction.
      watch video featuring Deacon Mike Prendergrast, F.B.I. Agent

—He entered prison with a 7th grade education and earned a Bachelor's degree with honors while incarcerated.
      watch video featuring Esther McCollum, Philip's mother

—He was released from prison in December of 2008 by Judge Johnson, Lafayette Superior Court 1, "to correct the injustice done to Mr. McCollum in this case." His sentence was ruled to be unconstitutional.
      watch video featuring Julie Reid, Philip's Daughter

—He was reincarcerated with "no infractions of the law" due to a jurisdictional issue 65 days later, Feb. 2009 to continue serving his full sentence. The state claims that Philip's Habeous Corpus case was tried in the wrong county.
-The case will be tried before the Supreme Court of Indiana within the next two months.
      watch video featuring Jason Bennet, Appellate Lawyer