KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robert Franklin calls Christina Frommer from the Moberly Correctional Center just about every day.
Frommer is with the Canna Convict Project. Franklin a cannabis convict, who was facing 22 years in prison without the possibility of parole for possession.
Franklin spoke with 41 Action News about that experience.
“It’s changed me for the better and changed me for the worst,” Franklin told 41 Action News over the phone. “When I first got incarcerated, I was angry. I was sad. I was devastated. I just felt ignorant.”
His mindset has changed over the last several years with Frommer and Canna Convict Project’s help and a big piece of news he never thought was possible: He’s getting out on parole after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted his sentence in May.
“Whenever I found out, my heart dropped to my stomach. I didn’t know what was going on at first, they had to explain it to me twice!” Franklin said.
The Missouri Department of Corrections told 41 Action News Franklin will be released sometime in July.
