San Francisco Mayor London Breed reportedly sent a letter to California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), asking him to release her brother from prison more than 20 years early.
Breed’s brother, Napoleon Brown, was sentenced to 44 years in prison for manslaughter when he pushed a young mother out of a getaway car on the Golden Gate Bridge following an armed robbery in June 2000, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The woman was then hit by an oncoming drunk driver and died. Brown has served 18 of his 44 year sentence.
Breed asked Brown to “consider leniency” and commute her brother’s sentence.
In the letter, sent on personal stationary but referencing her role as city mayor, Breed said her brother should be released, calling it “what’s best for both Napoleon and society overall.”
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The mother of victim Lenties White told NBC she does not think it would be right for Brown to be released.
“I don’t think it would be justice,” Sandra McNeil said. “She’s the mayor, so she’s got a little power, so she thinks she can get her brother out.’’
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San Francisco mayor asks governor to release her brother convicted of manslaughter from prison 20 years early https://t.co/0lRGZQ1Nsc pic.twitter.com/gWs9hv1XhW
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