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LAW OFFICES OF

TOM NORRID

Samaritan Projects

4415 Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64123

(417) 236-1179 (816) 562-4981

"WHEN NOBODY ELSE WILL HELP YOU, WE WILL."

Russell Marks

Specializing In Compassionate Release And Criminal Law

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When nobody else will help you we will

CRIMINAL

FEDERAL POST
CONVICTION

We understand the amount of stress, worry and concern that comes when facing potential jail time. Face your charges with a competent and experienced attorney by your side.

COMPASSIONATE RELEASE

Compassionate release is a process by which inmates in criminal justice systems may be eligible for immediate early release on grounds of "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing"

Specialists Russell Marks and Steve Bullis work under the supervision of Attorney Tom Norrid and prepare:
(1) Direct Appeals;
(2) Petitions for Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court;
(3) Compassionate Release/Reduction of Sentence Motions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(a)(1)(C);
(4) First Step Act Motions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2);
(5) Habeas Corpus Petitions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241;
(6) Motions to Attack Jurisdiction, and Set-Aside and Collaterally Attack the Conviction and Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255;
(7) Motions to Terminate Supervised Release.

PRACTICE AREAS

OUR VISION

WHAT IS COMPASSIONATE RELEASE ?

A federal compassionate release law provides a compassionate solution for imprisoned individuals who face extraordinary and compelling circumstances such as terminal illness or old age. This law offers the opportunity for those who pose little or no threat to public safety to be released from federal prisons earlier than their sentence requires.

Former President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act over four years ago, which was a bipartisan bill aimed at helping individuals who are terminally ill or aging to be freed from federal prisons. Supporters of this act believed that it would not only provide relief to those in need but also help taxpayers save money. Additionally, the bill sought to reverse decades of tough-on-crime policies that had resulted in high incarceration rates in the United States, positioning the country as one of the world's highest incarcerators.

CONTACT

OUR ADDRESS

633 South Campbell Springfield, MO 65806

Email: samaritanprojects@gmail.com
Tel: 417-901-3000 816-562-4981

For any general inquiries, please fill in the following contact form:

Winning Life Sentence Cases

SAMARITAN PROJECT Federal Post Conviction Specialists Russell Marks and Steve Bullis work under the supervision of Attorney Tom Norrid. In the past thirty years, Bullis and Marks have assisted in vacating or reducing the following life sentences.

Marks and Bullis assisted in the preparation of the winning appeal in United States v. John Lambros, 65 F.3d 698 (8th Cir. 1995) (vacating mandatory minimum term of life without the possibility of release and remanding for resentencing).

Marks and Bullis assisted in the preparation of the winning petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court in Tommy Rutledge v. United States, 517 U.S. 292 (1996) (vacating lifesentence under double jeopardy clause).

Marks and Bullis prepared the winning compassionate release motions in United States v. William Ferguson, 04 cr 1131 (ECF 1082) (C.D. Calif. Feb. 15, 2023) (1,224-monthvirtual life sentence reduced to 576-months); United States v. John Mandacina, 93 cr 73(ECF 237) (W.D. Mo. Jan. 5, 2023) (life sentence reduced to time served); UnitedStates v. James Gaston, 06 cr 87 (ECF 314) (W.D. N.C. Apr. 5, 2022) (mandatoryminimum life without the possibility of release reduced to time served); United States v.Jose Ruvalcaba, 26 F.4th 14 (1st Cir. Feb. 15, 2022) (mandatory minimum life withoutthe possibility of release reduced to time served); United States v. Cory Harris, 11 cr 97(ECF 126) (E.D. Va. Jan. 24, 2022) (reducing virtual life sentence of 600-months to 310-months); United States v. Eddie Cox, 89 cn 196 (ECF 121) (W.D. Mo. June 17, 2021)(861 month virtual life sentence reduced to time served); United States v. Gaylon Cox,98 cr 73 (ECF 203) (E.D. Ark. Jan. 13, 2021) (mandatory minimum life withoutpossibility of release reduced to time served); United States v. Russell Marks, 91 cr3272 (ECF 399) (W.D. Mo. Dec. 2, 2020) (mandatory minimum life without thepossibility of release reduced to time served); United States v. Dennis Hearron, 91 cr392 (ECF 955) (D. Ariz. Aug. 8, 2020) (five life sentences reduced to time served);United States v. Andre Williams, 04 cr 95 (ECF 91) (N.D. Fla. Apr. 1, 2020) (mandatoryminimum life without possibility of release reduced to time served); United States v.Andre Manigault, 97 cr 488 (ECF 938) (D. S.C. Mar. 24, 2020) (mandatory lifewithout the possibility of release reduced to time served); United States v. Harry Barr,90 cr 45 (ECF 39) (E.D. N.C. Oct. 7, 2019) (430 month virtual life sentence reduced totime served); United States v. William Slate, Case 97 cr 41 (ECF 175) (E.D. Va. June 6,2019) (life sentence reduced to 480-months); United States v. Smith, 241 F.3d 546 (7thCir. Feb. 8, 2001) (reducing life sentence to 405 months).Cox and Marks prepared winning 28 U.S.C. 2241 petitions in Eddie Cox v. WardenKrueger, 17 cv 1009 (ECF 16) (C.D. Ill. Oct. 19, 2017) (life sentences vacated); BrianMaddox v. Warden Marberry, Case 10 cv 108 (ECF 34) (S.D. Ind. Nov. 9, 2010)(vacating illegally imposed ACCA sentence).

Marks and Bullis prepared the winning 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions in United States v. Bullis,
2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167207 (E.D. N.C. Sept. 16, 2022) (vacating life sentence and two 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)convictions);United States v. Pasquale Barone, Case 89 cr 289 (1387) (D. Mass. Oct. 8, 2003)(vacating illegal life sentence); Tommy Rutledge v. United States, 22 F. Supp. 2d 871(C.D. Ill. Sept. 25, 1997) (vacating two life sentences and two 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)convictions).

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