Twenty years ago, Dion Walker was arrested in Fort Wayne on federal charges of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and given two life sentences. Despite a federal law that lessened his sentence, Walker then sat in a federal prison for 19 years.
In 2005, Walker was caught in possession of cocaine during an attempt to sell. He was indicted and pled guilty, receiving two life sentences in federal prison.
“I had one of those charges reduced in 2019 due to the First Step Act, but the First Step Act didn’t go far enough to reduce my second life sentence, so I had remained in prison six more years after that,” Walker said…