She Spent Five Years In Prison For Weed

In 2012, Evelyn LaChapelle, a college graduate, mother of a young child, and former bank employee was sentenced to 87 months in prison for depositing checks for a black market weed dealer. Now she is on the advisory board of the Last Prisoner Project a nonprofit devoted to criminal justice reform for over 40,000 people incarcerated for cannabis crimes at all stages, including clemency, release, reentry, and record expunging. This is her incredible story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices