A 23 year-old college student, Clarence received three life sentences in a
drug conspiracy trial based on the testimony of informants. Viewers' requests for information
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, where Clarence Aaron was
tried. Foster presents a strong defense of mandatory minimum sentences and
prosecutors' use of informants.
Robert Clark was an Alabama defense attorney in Clarence Aaron's first
trial.
Willie Jordan was a member of the jury which convicted Clarence Aaron.
In 1992, 18-year-old Joey received a ten year mandatory minimum sentence for
selling LSD. A first time offender, he says he was set up by a government
informant. (In 1994 Congress enacted a "safety-valve" permitting relief from
mandatory minimums for certain non-violent, first-time drug offenders.) Viewers' request for information
He is Joey's father. In an attempt to obtain a lower sentence for his son,
James Settembrino tried to assist prosecutors by providing information about
other drug dealers.
He was the Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida who
prosecuted Joey Settembrino.