tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23678128.post2408036736927609885..comments2023-10-14T05:11:11.409-05:00Comments on Woman Condemned: Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456847186343093589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23678128.post-83288291845303709482009-12-28T15:23:33.684-06:002009-12-28T15:23:33.684-06:00Hi Kelly
I too was a juvenile delinquent. I was i...Hi Kelly<br /><br />I too was a juvenile delinquent. I was in a gang, slept around, stole, did drugs, mugged people and twice nearly killed rival gangstas.<br /><br />Then my lesbian lover was brutally murdered (not a gang-related crime) and it shook me into maturity.<br /><br />When I was 20 two friends of mine were sentenced to prison for minor offences. They weren't even GUILTY but the guy who was had turned Queen's Evidence and got immunity. He told a bunch of lies about them and they got banged up.<br /><br />In prison, both were brutally raped and beaten, by inmates and by guards. Both tried to take their own lives.<br /><br />At that moment I became a fierce champion of prison reform and of alternatives to prison. <br /><br />I support the death penalty but I'm not one of those people who exalts when a murderer is executed. I am possibly the most reluctant pro you will come across because temperamentally I'm on the other side and I'm married to an anti!<br /><br />I applaud the good work Kelly and others like her do and agree with her that the Gail Owens case looks like one where clemency should be shown.big lin marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00394562551005058341noreply@blogger.com