Monty Shelton has been incarcerated in Federal Prison almost 12 years, serving a massive sentence of 34 years total.
We believe Monty is innocent. We have tried for years to figure out some way to get the federal court system to hear Monty’s actual innocence claim with no results. Monty was assigned an inadequate public defender who called no witnesses on his behalf during his trial. He should have at least one full and fair hearing.
Unlike most state convictions, you must serve 85% of your sentence in the federal system. So Monty must serve nearly 30 years for a first time drug offense.
Monty served his country in the armed forces.