Sister Ginger to Pardon Attorney

Ronald L Rogers, Pardon Attorney
Department of Justice Suite 11000
1425 New York Ave.NW
January 2009
Washington, DC 20530


Dear Mr. Rogers,

I am writing in behalf of James Dwyer (Case #2008-12-0594) (Prison # 40678050) who has been in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix or about 40 months and am asking that you pardon Jim from the rest of his time there.

I have known Jim for over twenty-three years .I find the sentence he received to be extraordinary.

Is there any recourse for him? He is not a danger to himself or others. His generosity to so many of us carried little or no response from neither the jury nor the judge.

Someone who lived most of his young adult life and into his older years in the same business,he lived to help others as well as his family.

You probably saw in his portfolio the work in which he assisted several of us Sisters of St. Joseph as we renovated an old rectory in North Philadelphia.

As a board member, his experience and his genuinely fine character, along with a simplicity and humility that God had been so generous to him, he earned the respect of many, many of our people.

We remain today helping women back into society who have been part of the criminal justice system, so much of this is due to Jim Dwyer’s generosity and commitment.

I believe there was a grave injustice in the sentencing of this man. What can we do to help him?

I beg that you do all in your power to pardon Jim and to work toward a commutation of his sentence.

Thank you for all you do in behalf of a weary world, so full of vengeance and violence.

Have a blessed year and may you be safe.


Gratefully,

(Sr)Virginia Jenkins, ssj