Summary: <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On today's episode New York City Mayoral candidate Aaron Commey joins host John Odermatt. Aaron is running for Mayor of New York City under the Libertarian Party banner. This is Aaron's second time on Felony Friday. He <a href="http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ff26">first appeared on Episode 26</a>, where we discussed his controversial past. You see, Aaron Commey spent more than a decade in federal prison without ever having a criminal conviction.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The incident, which occurred 17 years ago, was detailed in a recent NY Post article, NYC mayoral candidate once tried to hijack an airplane. Aaron admits he was severely mentally ill at the time he attempted to hijack an airplane. Ultimately, Aaron was charged with five crimes, including attempt to commit aircraft piracy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, he was never convicted of a crime and he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2003, but still remained in the federal prison system until January of 2015. That's more than a decade where individuals, doctors employed by the federal prison system, essentially held him captive.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now Aaron is running for Mayor of NYC to advocate for changes to the system that caused him so much pain. <a href="http://www.votecommey.com">Aaron's campaign</a> is focused on reforming criminal justice and education. He seeks to improve economic conditions for low wage and middle wage families by increasing opportunities to escape poverty through entrepreneurship and small business ownership.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Y</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ou can find the show notes page <a href="http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ff96">>here<</a></span></p><br> <div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">Check out the </span><a title="" href="http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ff17">Felony Friday archive</a><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> for all previous articles and podcasts. </span></span></div><br> <div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div><br> <div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">Also, for more Lions of Liberty content check out the </span><a style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" href="http://lionsofliberty.com/podcast/">Podcast archive</a><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">!</span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> <br></span></span></span><br> <div style="font-size: 10pt;"> <br> <p style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Submit any qu estions, comments, suggestions, or ideas to <a href="http://lionsofliberty.com/wp-admin/felonyfriday@lionsofliberty.com">felonyfriday@lionsofliberty.com</a>. </strong>This show is not my soapbox, it is a vehicle to communicate and amplify the injustices rampant in the criminal justice system. We need your help to make it the best it can possibly be! If you like what you hear please share it with a friend and subscribe for free <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lions-of-liberty-podcast/id706061933?mt=2">via iTunes</a> (don’t forget to lea</span></p> </div> </div>
