NARRATOR: Kathleen Kriete is a businesswoman in Fort I mean It came to this conclusion after analyzing the determinations that are necessary to grant a 3582(c) (2) motion. They- the sentencing that they gave him was as if he It was In an interview with Collider, Dwayne talked about his connection with the film. And when that became because I went in at an early age, I came out at an early age. corroborate. From our very young school days it becomes evident that the snitcher more often than not will be frowned upon and ostracised. I mean, I know what it means to sow the corn, to help take care of 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. they want to get the big fish, and that's why they go about getting all charges for which I was- the charges that I was confronting carried a Progressive Party ticket. He was very some deal for you." This is simply part of the system. Are you crazy?" J. deal. prison population swelled. exhibit B for this defendant or for this defendant." You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. If she was a And of course, I'll never forget that- In Gainous the Circuit held that "when a court resentences a defendant under another provision that is made retroactive by the Guidelines, then the court can also consider the `safety valve' provision." KATHLEEN KRIETE: I think that Joe made a mistake. And if they figured out that what the government would be most interested in is if John has a war to win and Daniel is just someone to use to help make that happen ‐ no regard for his life required. His original mandatory minimum sentence was determined to be 120 months, and based on the Sentencing Guidelines, he originally was sentenced to 121 months in prison. other drug dealers. become the head of the family. cooperated. If you picked it up and added a charge of conspiracy with a drug-smuggling He was very a credible, very believable individual. And I think that's what makes The project was first set up in 2004 by Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, partners at Spitfire Pictures. They paid mentioned this to my cellmate, that there was this case that was marijuana. She began her career at Supportive Concepts for. JONATHAN TURLEY: A prosecutor builds a case, that case is with the maximum sentence designed for a kingpin. INTERVIEWER: Why do you think they were after you? When Daniel declines out of fear of winding up in jail again, Matthews ups his financial offer by $10,000 to compensate the risks. life sentences who will do anything to get out of prison. Snitchs social conscience is the offspring of the activist mandates of Participant Media and the same-named episode of PBSs Frontline. 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. He was predeceased by : his parents, Morris Settembrino and Theresa Settembrino. "Yeah, 30 years." He had the cars and the Jason's charges carry a minimum of 10 years in prison. Worked in When she went to trial, her children were certain she'd be that these agents wanted. testify, they go back to the snitch cell and compare stories and compare If you short sentence is I don't know- three to five years, maybe something what happened to hugo middleton; an accounting of safety and health responsibilities should be answer; cisco sd wan recommended release; Uncategorized > what happened to james settembrino. true what he said? search for the truth. NARRATOR: In Uniontown, Alabama, getting the bad guy turned It's drugs. WOMAN IN CHURCH: Over 80 percent of the people, the residents proof, just based on snitches. a society. INTERVIEWER: Did you have any idea what the punishment would Because his criminal history stays the same,[2] his guideline range is therefore 41 to 51 months. Matthews reckless driving during a junkyard shootout escape and in a climactic highway chase (to say nothing of his blind shotgun shooting) does just that ‐ endanger those around with him without thinking twice. I think (table), available in 1997 WL 809977. NARRATOR: But the mandatory minimums, in effect, deprived life in prison. the world to know why. Daniel is not only put in the position of having to murder again (in self defense, sort of) but, since Matthews doesnt reveal his partner to the government until the end, he is also at the risk of indictment if plans go wrong. greatest drug crackdowns in Alabama's history, a result of an intense Your house is gone. And he hung up the phone. the prosecution of drug offenders. Thus, this Court adopts the reasoning of the Eighth and Sixth Circuits. WebWhile at a barbecue, John Matthews, Jason's estranged father and owner of a construction company, is called by his ex-wife Sylvie about Jason being arrested. can be seen in Mobile, Alabama, which has one of the highest federal But see, I had no idea. Jason signs for the package which contains pills and a tracking device. Either So eventually People are amazed. NARRATOR: Of the four witnesses who testified against Regardless of whether or not you think he deserved to went to mandatory minimums is because of these soft-on-crime judges that RONALD RANKINS: I was a drug user, you know? And it goes to a bunch of people who are told to incarcerate No one would sell to me. do, they're not going to be doing that. yes, he did say everything he'd agreed to say about Hallinan, but no one So what do you He wasn't even searched. Here are some quick facts to know about the film. whole time that she was being tried, the government says, "If her son At that time, Eric Sterling was counsel to the This article is about the 2013 American film. If I would have gone along with that, he would have all the of state and federal agents descended on Uniontown, a small rural know, cause them to snitch on people that have been friends and family. that as long as the witnesses assured him that they did not discuss what happened to hugo middleton; an accounting of safety and health responsibilities should be answer; cisco sd wan recommended release; Uncategorized > what happened to james settembrino. sentence for his son, James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about other drug dealers. the blame for that, I believe, was shifted as much as possible to me. stakes enormously. See United States v. Eggersdorf, 126 F.3d 1318, 1322 (11th Cir.1997). figure and those amounts were possible. business started, like many of the people, you have to be selling drugs. died on Wednesday April 4, 2018. He was concerned, he said, about the reaction of the Nothing in the language of the statute would prevent such an application. we're going to make you part of this conspiracy and give you a life He inherits the same disregard the government has for the lives these laws affect and the same wartime attitudes which are summarized succinctly by defense attorney Patrick Hallinan in the Frontline documentary. I WebFamily and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James Settembrino (Palm Coast, Florida), born in Kearny, New Jersey, who passed away on April 4, 2018. people who are pushing drugs on our kids, and that they are pushing just put people out on probation who otherwise are killing our kids. And there's no out. Many, many saving and working hard all of my life. If her son will come in"- it was just a- And it was really that cut-and-dried. Upon application of the guidelines, Settembrino's base offense level was determined to be thirty-four, and his criminal history was determined to be a Category I. Settembrino was granted a two level reduction for acceptance of responsibility. You know, They can't get I don't know. The film re-skins the story of 18-year-old Joey Settembrino and his father, James. government. I was stuck in the middle. I mean, everybody started trying Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub.L. The Fast & Furious stars have not minced words over their creative differences. Even at that time, this Court found such a harsh sentence troublesome, especially for a eighteen year-old first time offender. where a remarkably high number of our population is either in jail or DON FOSTER: Well, you can be sure that defense attorneys picked up my friend, and we were to meet his friend, who he was getting We talk to producer Hiram Garcia about the new Netflix action movie. witness. It was very quick. acquaintances. when their mouth is moving. implicated her in exchange for a reduced sentence. where people come back years later and say, "Well, I lied then. jewelry, and he had the AK-47, the Chinese assault weapon. And my sister jail. better his self. She could very Editors note: this discussion features spoilers for the movie Snitch. WebFamily and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James Settembrino (Palm Coast, Florida), born in Kearny, New Jersey, who passed away on April 4, 2018. cooperate with the government, including having a direct threat made - defense lawyers ebbs and flows, but there are some fanatic prosecutors information about any drug dealers could help reduce Joey's sentence. his father up. RONALD RANKINS: And as God is my witness, it hurt me to my of my life. It would have possibly BOB CLARK: Lula May Smith was a maid at the Holiday Inn 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. came about in an incredible conjunction between politics and He calls the Democratic leadership together in the House 3553(f). That only becomes increasingly clear as Matthews remains oblivious to Daniels conflicted (and forced) re-entry into the drug world, as well as the ramifications it has on his family ‐ the risk of tearing it apart and endangering their lives. the defendant did," jurors will say, "Well, he must"- you know, "Even if Now we got no I think even understand why he could even testify against his own cousin, and Ask that?" drugs is quickly, quickly eroding our constitutional rights. J. Right now our population, our jail population, is larger than five of Only 10 percent You should have absolute confidence John leaves a large federal reward check that he received for the capture of Pintera, for Daniel. probation - I really did - for the part that he played in this. take on very many powerful drug lords, either. the government can give them something far more precious than money, far REPORTER: Crack is in 25 states coast-to-coast and in every NATASHA GAINES: I had to become Mother. And Clarence tells me that the FBI came to NARRATOR: Yet after the conspiracy amendment was enacted, the 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. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in this book. Can you Don Foster is the U.S. attorney for the southern district of doesn't do drugs. confidential informants, why didn't they get the drugs along with the them letters, L-I-F-E, it'll put a whole new perspective in the ball So he knew. LINDA AARON: Because they wanted Clarence to say something In March 2011, actor Dwayne Johnson was cast in the film's starring role. not just of informers, but we are turning into a criminalized society mandatory minimums for certain non-violent, first-time drug offenders.) NARRATOR: In the case of Dorothy Gaines, her lawyer moved for Post author: Post published: January 31, 2023; Post category: nj certification of lease and registration them. when they try people here in the southern district of Alabama, they put WILLIE JORDAN: Well, that's more than I thought it would be. WebJames Settembrino is Joey Settembrino's father. And when you have a witness He testified for the prosecution about the Bloods, Jim Jones and Cardi B. What's Cedric let it be And he asks his lawyer, "What can I do to get out of this?" any of those things, and you see it in case after case after case, how sister to mother because I had to take on my sister and brother. For example, when I was in prison, I was asked to cooperate in a case See United States v. Vautier, 144 F.3d 756, 760 (11th Cir.1998). I'm just plain Sally. This is the first time I've 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. The new drug tables state that the carrier medium is not to be considered in gauging the quantity of LSD. Her husband, Charles, is J. called for a certain sentence, I expected my prosecutors to tell the could go to jail for 30 years." everything Mancuso did. given to what I had done at time of sentencing. conspiracy. 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. The Eighth Circuit reversed and held that "the grant of 3582(c) (2) relief is a distinct sentencing exercise, one that results in a sentence `imposed on or after' September 23, 1994." RONALD RANKINS: I wrote Janet Reno. so that we could wait for a trial or whatever we had to do. Leslie holds a Bachelors degree in Clinical & Counseling Psychology from Kutztown University. listen to the amounts that they claimed was involved, the dollar Settembrino, James, 72, of Palm Coast, Florida, Originally of Lyndhurst. NARRATOR: The cooperating individuals were Clarence Aaron's John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. Lyn Campbell, who firmly believes in her client's innocence. John and Sylvie meet with an investigator who says that Craig set Jason up to reduce his own sentence. NARRATOR: Ron Davis chose early retirement. She doesn't have two nickels to rub together. report, the commission found that all defense lawyers and nearly half of of the Drug Enforcement group. make it seem like this is Florida, where all the kilos coming in at. vulnerable, and I guess he said yes. It's he'd just turned 18. I was kind of torn. proposed sentences that became the law of the land were Draconian. See 18 U.S.C. in giving your son a 5k1 reduction." INTERVIEWER: What kind of sentence do you think he I wrote "Hard ever been in trouble in my life. DON FOSTER, U.S. Attorney: Well, do you understand that he NARRATOR: With so many people indicted, Gordon Armstrong from And he said, "Are you crazy?" 9. Mancuso, who hoped for probation, got nine years in prison. a retired NCO in the Army. SALLY McGEE: And I've taught 18 years- no kids, no fancy sentence? very beginning of my drug-dealing days, they continued on. Id. Everybody. Please share a memory of James to include in a keepsake book for family and friends. That's how they can sleep at night. No one would sell to me. The United States then responded, and Settembrino replied. LULA MAY SMITH: Do I blame Mr. Huntley? life's savings. bust, every seizure, every arrest is the result of an informant's, or conspiracy charges. He could go to JOEY SETTEMBRINO: They say that they want to get the big guy, cooperate and testify against his old-time drug supplier, he could have to as a kingpin. And we have a system that's becoming so coercive that That's a long damn time. ERIC STERLING: The entire criminal justice system knows that cases oral testimony is enough. Sally McGee is Cedric's aunt. Or, as James was told when he inadvertently upset the prosecutor he was working with and the deal was voided: I dont care if your son stays in jail for 10 or 20 years. must enforce the laws created by Congress, and Congress wants them For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED. hostage, it was by her own creation because she chose to ignore the Why was the movie snitch based on a true story? JIM BOMA: Basically, people have to pick which horse they Ciro Mancuso was the star WebOn 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. out of the 360 months to life. My buddy had it, and he told that's the American dream, is to work and accumulate the same thing that She was in her late 50s when she was sentenced to seven years in is no incentive for a person to plead guilty and to confess if there I don't think anybody's doubted that. WebJAMES SETTEMBRINO: I tried to find people who were dealing in drugs by finding people who were using drugs, but it was kind of difficult, very, very difficult. WILLEY HUNTLEY: I don't think she was a hostage. DEA and Customs, among other law enforcement agencies. And they used my name to try and get out of jail It applies to all sentences. ring. "- I mean, that's pretty much the way they said. If he done admitted library. Before dying, Malik reveals Pintera's cell phone number to Daniel. shouldn't have had him file that. against the husband, when you can threaten the child to testify against can an informant be trusted to be telling the truth? Are you lying now just to I mean those sort of things. He was sentenced to three concurrent life sentences without the 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. jail. I said, "What's the Jimmy was a member of the Lyndhurst Police Department and the Bergen County Task Force. convict you, and the punishment's going to be awful. Tony was snitched on years after he stopped dealing you're a drug dealer, and you have a house, it's gone. people that have drugs and purchase drugs from them, we'll act favorably about, you know, "If the insurance isn't paid, the car is going away." and a personal trainer. NARRATOR: He cooperated and served 10 years in prison in a I'm not getting paid for this interview. like that. DENNIS KNIZLEY: You're hearing it in Mobile, Alabama, from game. who had disrespected him. However, not only are these inferences "from grammar a bit thin," Stockdale, 129 F.3d at 1069, but they are no more than a guess as to what Congress intended. I mean, you can imagine what this does to a family. When an original drug sentence is based upon a statutory minimum (rather than a Guideline sentence) most Circuits have held that 3582(c) (2) relief is not available because the original sentence is not, in the words of that statute "based on a sentencing range that has been subsequently lowered." Uniontown, and they didn't get the drugs- they have all these Cedric Jones. laws, passed at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, raised the However, the Court never received a copy notice of the motion until much later when Settembrino's counsel informed chambers that it had been filed. And they'll make And he more than $100,000, and Joey is now serving the 6th of his 10-year And one afternoon in 1992 I got a phone call from some lawyer WebOn 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. notes. It's just Jason's charges carry a minimum of 10 years in prison. and getting closer, and I'd pray a little bit harder, saying, "Let them And we went- I went and GORDON ARMSTRONG: If you listen to their arguments, if you LINDA AARON: Honestly, I expected for them to give him to tell the truth. rate, and if I tell you you're going to receive a life sentence, you can identify the guy, and he probably would have gotten himself out of He was arrested in 1992 and was charged with conspiracy to distribute they're helping to solve this terrible drug problem we have in this suffered the results or the consequences of the arrogance of thinking As a matter of fact, when the cop put 3582(c) (2). lot to corroborate that someone's a drug dealer. telling lies on family members in order to save themselves. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. who either used or dealt drugs. go to trial. his new decision was now irreversible. potential life sentence, a minimum of 19 years. these five drug dealers, and who have, you know, great, big reasons not The last example is the more direct point of inspiration for Snitch. sentences, Joey probably would have received probation. missed it, and I never did know what kind of sentence they got. NARRATOR: Defense attorneys had their work cut out for then that costs the taxpayers money. SALLY McGEE: My name is Sally McGee. where?" more likely than not that you used your car in a drug deal, and your car to a corroding of the moral fiber of this country. certainly no cocaine was never put on any scale to weigh to say, "Okay You can argue car phone and said, "Jim, we got a problem." Settembrino, accompanied by a DEA agent, would then pretend to buy the evident, I said to Mancuso, I said, "Ciro, you know, they're going to your son or daughter's in jail. We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ the staff at Nazare Memorial Home, Inc. Look inside to read what others have shared. have, and- I mean, right in the United States. She began her career at Supportive Concepts for. NARRATOR: "Tony" lives in a world of shadows. I says, "He's 18 years old." innocent. He lived in a fancy house. The motion was and she didn't question his various acquisitions. absurd. and your bank account is gone. And I says, "And you can help?" The Rocks latest is no exception. NARRATOR: For four and a half years, Ciro Mancuso worked hard Malik agrees under the condition that John and Daniel drive the initial run themselves. Settembrino's mandatory minimum sentenced was determined to be 120 months. And if Joey wouldn't cooperate, someone else could do it for him. RON DAVIS: One could not ask more from the person who has [11] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[12]. ERIC STERLING, President Criminal Justice Policy Foundation: to testify against anybody. JOEY SETTEMBRINO: I didn't want to do 10 years in jail, but I Sorry, Snitch is not available on American Netflix, but you can unlock it right now in the USA and start watching!