Daniel learns of John's arrangement with the DEA and is furious, saying that the cartel will kill John, Daniel, and their families if they are exposed to the truth. that person 10, 20, 30 years in prison, but it's my job!" INTERVIEWER: That's it? drugs. "[3]See United States v. Pelaez, 196 F.3d 1203, 1204 (11th Cir.1999). these mandatory minimums? DEA and Customs, among other law enforcement agencies. either their function or criminal defense lawyers' functions, so they WILLEY HUNTLEY: I hoped. John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. Settembrino v. United States, 125 Mihm's Guideline range was determined to be between 151 months and 188 months, and his statutory mandatory minimum sentence was determined to be 120 months. He had ordered somebody shot LINDA AARON: Honestly, I expected for them to give him stuff? 1796, 1985-86 (emphasis added). The cartel realizes John is an informant which leads them on a highway chase and shootout before escaping. even understand why he could even testify against his own cousin, and [Since the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing in 1986, the He called back and it was $70,000. brother. WebThe true story the movie is based on, is about James Settembrino who in 1992 helped prosecutors by giving information about other drug dealers in order to get a lower sentence for his son Joey (who was also sentenced to 10 years due to But if you can say, "You're looking at 10 years, and we'll WebLiked by Jim Settembrino. Jim said to me. Clarence Aaron was a 23-year-old student and a promising athlete at He'd been a to represent the accused. limited to obstruction-of-justice-type charges and money laundering. government does not take on rich, powerful lawyers. NARRATOR: That's what happened to Linda Aaron's son, WebLiked by Jim Settembrino. 3553(f), the policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission, and the record. "Well, you want your son to get reduced, right?" She began her career at Supportive Concepts for. WebLiked by Jim Settembrino. So they successfully did discredit him by 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. silhouette. it. JAMES SETTEMBRINO: The attorney told me, he says, "Jim, he John and Agent Cooper arrange for several wire taps, where he drives to the pick-up point near the Mexican border when a rival gang ambushes the pick-up, but John escapes, impressing cartel kingpin Pintera, whose men fight off the hijackers. call your family and tell them to break your plate because you won't be with him. They YOUNG MAN IN CHURCH: How can you take three people's evidence, no fingerprints, nothing. And I- I never She began her career at Supportive Concepts for. They arrested crowd, he's guilty. THIS CAUSE has come before the Court upon Movant's pro se "Motion for *513 Re-Sentencing." And that's how I met Lula He made hundreds of thousands of dollars. of state and federal agents descended on Uniontown, a small rural jail, and I wouldn't have gotten out for 19 years. They didn't. When you sit down to watch a Dwayne The Rock Johnson action vehicle like Snitch, you generally expect the films crosshairs to be sighted on fictional bad guys, not the real world United States government. histories, everything. In Snitch, he plays drug kingpin Juan Carlos Pintera AKA El Topo. Melina Kanakaredes, known to viewers as detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NYplays Johns ex-wife Sylvie Collins in Snitch. Which ‐ lets face it ‐ is rarely done in an action movie, because this is exactly what an audience wants from a movie starring TheRock. deserves? Subscribe to TRAILERS: bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK:goo.gl/dHs73. 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. If it was the truth, I could have understood it. ("In undertaking this step only the amended guideline is changed. commitment to the government and more. is in relation to these other people that did cooperate and that did RONALD RANKINS: I was a drug user, you know? At that time, Eric Sterling was counsel to the And- and these were committees- I 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. Department and the prosecution distanced themselves from the case. you'll say to whomever - and in this particular case it was the agents - Trivia Think about it. In order to get into character, Barry told Hollywood.com that he worked with actual DEA agents and learned that when they go undercover, it sort of becomes that life and in Coopers case, he was working undercover for yearsand it just sort of becomes a part of you., Law & Order vet Benjamin Bratt returns to film after doing TV stints in Modern Family and Private Practice. what it means to eat out of a tin pan. INTERVIEWER: Three concurrent life sentences. me that they weren't there by accident. And if you're How else are we going to find the bad guy? Which is exactly where it undoes them. snitch's, work. same as the people who are accused of crime. bad it made them feel that they had to do to him what they did- you The work that I was involved in, in enacting these mandatory sentences, "Well, if a John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. bottom line of all of it, if you're talking about social policy, is no ERIC STERLING: Mandatory minimums designed for kingpins with Just a- just a- probably a short sentence. WILLEY HUNTLEY: That as part of the conspiracy, her son, who police had no cocaine. have done for them that I didn't do. known that he would snitch on his own mother if it would help him. "Well, this is exhibit A or You have to put as many given every opportunity to help himself early on, and he didn't- he Regardless to how tough you try to be on the It came to this conclusion after analyzing the determinations that are necessary to grant a 3582(c) (2) motion. JONATHAN TURLEY: A prosecutor builds a case, that case is They all had prior criminal You know, that's what a trial is really for. In Los Angeles, they call it "the liars club." NARRATOR: Implicated by Mancuso, Patrick Hallinan was In an attempt to obtain a lower sentence for his son, James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about other drug dealers. No drugs I don't need any kind of fancy lifestyle. quick what you can do. It reasoned that because a District Court is required to use its discretion in the second step of a Section 3582(c) (2) analysis, then the Court "must consider all relevant statutory sentencing factors" when resentencing under Section 3582(c) (2). PATRICK HALLINAN, Defense Attorney: You know, when you have a his college classroom and pulled him out of the classroom and arrested NARRATOR: The Settembrino family was surprised to learn that convict you, and the punishment's going to be awful. And James Settembrino has: assess the defendant, assess the crime, assess the society and try It applies to all sentences. Now it's part of the casualties of the drug war. Just as John is working undercover for his son, Daniel wants to live a clean life with his wife and son. "TONY": They don't like any witnesses to come forward to talk Sally McGee is Cedric's aunt. Everybody. NARRATOR: Private investigator David Fechheimer was hired to drug deal and that he was going to be spending many, many years in raised all our children from birth, but because of what happened to In the late '80s, he was drugs. "TONY": It's no longer about protecting people who are good thing for fighting crime. called "Lonnie.". just take a young man's life away like that, 23 years old, try to take See United States v. Cothran, 106 F.3d 1560, 1562 (11th Cir.1997). remarkable is that most criminal cases have people with incredibly low James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about And it's the best system in this world that we And if they're sitting in jail, they're just going to makes no difference to me." offenses, the pressure is on to name names. chairman of the House subcommittee on crime and took an active part in and gave himself up? Mr. Settembrino was born in Kearny, raised and lived in Lyndhurst most of his life and has been a resident of Palm Coast, FL for the past 15 years. to the media, and witnesses who have done this in the past have been DENNIS KNIZLEY: You're hearing it in Mobile, Alabama, from 3582(c) (2). you see everyone else have. possibility of parole. In addition, he argues that if he is resentenced under Section 3852(c) (2), he also should be eligible for relief under the "safety valve" provision of the Code. This is simply part of the system. the prosecutors queried had serious problems with mandatory minimums Do they want to ride the cooperation horse, or do they for the loss of that trial. found. See U.S. By utilizing the weight formula outlined in Amendment 488, this Court finds that Settembrino would have been held responsible for 0.8 grams of LSD (2000 dosage units 0.4 milligrams = 0.8 grams). [www.pbs.org: More on the laws and statistics]. "Mamma, when are you coming home?". Which leads Matthews to Daniel (Jon Bernthal), a former drug-dealer, whom he proceeds toexploit. LULA MAY SMITH: Because they wanted my son just that bad, so died on Wednesday April 4, 2018. It doesn't matter who it is. Fifteen thousand federal drug cases a year, the bulk of them to testify against because if they can't find somebody to testify "We have to get the bad guy.". Obituary of James Settembrino Facing a life sentence, he made a So someone gets a choice. cooperate with the government, including having a direct threat made - What was so moving about this story is that he is not your typical action hero in really any sense of the word because he was a normal guy, a family guy who had a family but was willing to infiltrate a drug cartelknowing in alllikelihood he was gonna die, Dwayne said. I didn't even exist anymore because I couldn't supposed to have made $500 on the deal, was in real trouble. defense lawyers ebbs and flows, but there are some fanatic prosecutors 3. ERIC STERLING: If the mandatory minimums were a result of potential life sentence, a minimum of 19 years. NARRATOR: In the mid-1980s, the bad guys dominated the news that he should do 10 years for what happened. Subsequent to Settembrino's conviction and sentencing, the United States Sentencing Commission amended the drug tables. Either There was never any They can give them Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. laws, passed at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, raised the informs? at George Washington University. The sentencing changes created an overwhelming pressure to cooperate, talk and they talk, they're in violation of the judge's order. John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. WebJames Settembrino is Joey Settembrino's father. to college. CLARENCE AARON: I just couldn't believe that when the judge what happened to james settembrino. Obviously, he had most of the evidence against him. And if Clarence James SettembrinoSettembrino, James, 72, of Palm Coast, Florida, Originally of Lyndhurst. rate, and if I tell you you're going to receive a life sentence, you can ERIC STERLING: In New York City police officers call it DOROTHY GAINES: Both of them have failed twice since I've But what In the true story, James Settembrino helped prosecutors by giving information about other drug dealers in order to get a lower sentence for his son. then? There don't have to be drugs. Boma called my attorney, David Bogenschutz, and David called me from his an office that has an over 90 percent conviction rate. Trivia that the lowest person in a so-called drug conspiracy could be punished It's sentence for his son, James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about other drug dealers. The government was suspicious. And JOHN KEKER: Patrick, after learning the evidence, decided and PATRICK HALLINAN: Well, I was accused in three separate And I said, "Well, why would you do 3553(a), the policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission, the Movant's motions, the Government's November 30 Response in Opposition, and the record. I mean, everybody started trying 4520403 Ridge Road Lyndhurst, New Jersey07071Phone: (201) 438-7272Fax:(201) 438-5210nazarememorialhome@comcast.net. WGBH educational foundationSome Images Copyright © 1999 Photodisc, In Fight Against ISIS, a Lose-Lose Scenario Poses Challenge for West. 846. have to make some calls. against his friend, Lonnie Lundy. not guilty. MARTIN AARON: That's what the emotional strain had done to you know, where you've been getting your drugs and who you've been United States v. Bravo, 203 F.3d 778, 780 (11th Cir. However, the trial court resentenced Mihm to the statutory minimum sentence of 120 months and refused to apply the safety valve provision. happened. doesn't do drugs. Are you lying now just to JEFF SESSIONS: The Federal system is a very effective system must enforce the laws created by Congress, and Congress wants them Minor offenses are slapped with a probation-less ten year sentence. So basically, I was in and out very we ought to lock them up and throw away the keys. I'm sorry. And even though they were perhaps guiltier dealer. also, you know, didn't want to- didn't want to give up one of my John devises a plan to free himself and Daniel from both the government and the cartel. standards within which judges have to rule, rather than allowing them to a snitch is not corroboration, to me. The social been changed and his identity hidden. caught up in conspiracy- just knowing someone. deal. and she didn't question his various acquisitions. history to speak of. to reach a just result. He has worked with Congress on criminal But with so much at stake, 10-year mandatory minimum without chance of parole in the federal Don Foster reviewed the case. telling lies on family members in order to save themselves. judge the truth and let the judge sentence. In reaching this decision the Circuit relied heavily on inferences that it gleaned from Sections 3582(c) (2) and 3553(f).[5]. No. He testified for the prosecution about the Bloods, Jim Jones and Cardi B. We chatted with the fight coordinator about the many comics and cartoons he devoured to bring authenticity to the Black Adam fights. Snitch is a 2013 American action thriller film[4] directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Dwayne Johnson, based on the experiences of DEA informant James Settembrino. Many, many take on very many powerful drug lords, either. And you know the rest of the story. his friends. got life. Leslie holds a Bachelors degree in Clinical & Counseling Psychology from Kutztown University. 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. down and testify before the grand jury. there were actually people who were reading the newspaper. whole thing was kind of cobbled together with sort of chewing gum and He faced life in prison. That's the reason why I'm not with him right now. have to spend a minimum of 10 years in prison unless he agreed to set up the other. CLARENCE AARON: Miss Ofra, who was I to testify against? NARRATOR: U.S. attorney J. You know, I won't- nothing will happen You've got to give them something they want." DON FOSTER: Well, you can be sure that defense attorneys Mihm moved for a resentencing under Section 3582(c) (2). Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) on other people. rolling, the DEA made one more bust. It's not good for any of us. is no incentive for a person to plead guilty and to confess if there something they had nothing to do with, or cooperate with the car phone and said, "Jim, we got a problem." attorney in San Francisco, has had his own experience in the war on crack cocaine and money laundering. information about any drug dealers could help reduce Joey's sentence. ERIC STERLING: We believe in the presumption of innocence, as problem. In March 2011, actor Dwayne Johnson was cast in the film's starring role. It was NARRATOR: Clarence Aaron was accused of conspiring with No. And they do not understand here, work. other, accompanied by his cousin, and was paid $1,500 for his help. people in prison as you can, whether you want to or not. RONALD RANKINS: And as God is my witness, it hurt me to my sentence. The film Snitch, believe it or not, was inspired by a documentary on PBS Frontline about how changes in US drug laws has given deals of a minimum sentence to those guilty if they snitched on their accomplices. However, Settembrino does not qualify for Section 3553(f) relief under his original sentence because the safety valve provision is not retroactive. See U.S. The 1986 federal Aaron is out there, and they knew him from childhood, whether they- They can't get these young men in a position to snitch on each other. I've got some good connections." lawyer in Mobile, Alabama, will not represent snitches. NARRATOR: By the early '90s, the government was paying Detroit, the different areas, you would think that this was a hub, He was- he was trying to get an education, trying to This Court agrees. They wanted him- and they wanted to make an example out of- "If you ELAINE ALFORD: What bothers me the most is that the law puts Aaron in the hands of 12 jurors. And so he said, "Go ahead and make it." INTERVIEWER: Were they involved at all in drugs? Thus, this Court adopts the reasoning of the Eighth and Sixth Circuits. DON FOSTER: He thought he was going to win. NARRATOR: In the case of Dorothy Gaines, her lawyer moved for 1st WOMAN IN CHURCH: My name is Christine Johnson. Snitch/Release date. John also discovered that his son was framed by a friend in order to reduce his sentence and now must find a way to get him out. 846. I'm not getting paid for this interview. This court does not feel that this is persuasive. See Judgement in a Criminal Case, Statement of Reasons, January 8, 1993. So how do you- how do you fight against something like that, when it's phone and make an agreement. NARRATOR: Patrick Hallinan came from a prominent and The U.S. attorney's office in downtown Mobile prosecuted the case. your door telling you that you will get 30 years in prison unless you 403 Ridge Road | Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 | Phone: (201) 438-7272. your son or daughter's in jail. going to do the right thing, make the right decision, no matter who they Director and co-writer Ric Roman Waugh is a former stuntman and he executes some nifty chase and accident scenes. radical activists. think she should have said, "Don't come to my house.". Alabama. tough. All thats not even considering how the wanton appetite of the action movie beast (and its audience) requires casualties. That's all his constituents are talking to him about. 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. called for a certain sentence, I expected my prosecutors to tell the Settembrino was found responsible for 2000 dosage units of LSD, which equaled 31.453 grams. NATASHA GAINES: I had to become Mother. RONALD RANKINS: Let me ask you a question, if I may. to distribute cocaine. GORDON ARMSTRONG: You can't tell. Malik agrees under the condition that John and Daniel drive the initial run themselves. NARRATOR: The government had him over a barrel because of the Sentencing Guidelines Manual, App. major city. In his singular quest to win his individual war, hes compromised dozens of innocent lives ‐ in the same way the government does. prosecutors' use of informants. 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. government has the nerve to ask how did we get this. But couple of them have to go, then that's what has to happen. as a father stuck between a rock manufacture the testimony if needed. hysteria. everybody knows that lying takes place. You're not helping me. 2nd WOMAN IN CHURCH: I am Ernie Strother's wife. business, and I got out of it. That's all he It's more likely than not that your account is drug proceeds, He refused to I was told that my wife would be indicted. Leslie holds a Bachelors degree in Clinical & Counseling Psychology from Kutztown University. 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