文章由斯蒂芬妮
死囚: 欢迎感冒, 可怕的世界...
让我告诉你一个小故事...
3月24日 2010, 我结束了对网站的迈克尔·佩里, 一 28 年的老家伙是在得克萨斯州死囚 7 年. 我读他的故事, 他的情况和它感动了我这么多，我决定给他写. 迈克尔给我写了一个长期的和非常强大的文字和那一天, 我进了死囚的世界，我知道我将永远无法离开......生活的世界中，没有任何意义了, 世界只有痛苦和遭受的留...
我知道你们有些人会说: “好了, 这些人是有罪的; 他们杀害, 他们必须支付,“，你会停止阅读. 以为我只写狗屁. 但请, 不要放弃这么早, 并采取一些分钟的时间阅读我的心说什么......
是, 死刑的世界是一个可怕的世界. 这不仅是因为人类被杀害, 但也因为参与的人; 警务人员, 法官, DA公司, 例如; 尽一切所能，以确保这些人被杀害. 因此，这是他们反过来成为他们最讨厌的: 杀人犯.
他们强迫对被告作证的证人, 他们强迫被告承认犯罪, 他们对他们的证词提供免疫力的同谋, 他们销毁证据. 所有被证实, 在多个案件......不过, 即使公认的, 被告将留在死囚, 因为如果没有人犯罪自付那么正义没有得到伸张, 和更好的有比一个杀人犯自由杀害无辜的...
并非所有的死刑犯是无辜的. 但其中一些.
我们都知道，人做的错误, 人类是不完美. 我们也知道，我们都应该有第二次机会. 这些家伙有没有第二次机会, 因为有些人决定他们对社会的威胁. 我的朋友, 迈克尔, 当时他只有死囚结束 21; 他有一个艰苦的生活, 犯过错误, 是在错误的时间错误的地点，但他不值得死. 因为他过去, 他被认为是危险的社会，和他被判处死刑. 我相信，我仍然相信他是无辜的. 我读他的案件, 阅读一些官方声明, 他多次呼吁，并宣读法院判决, 我可以说我不是说蓝色, 事实是这里.
迈克尔在接受记者采访时说，监狱给他做了很好的; 他改变, 他成为一个更好的人, 但没有机会向世界展示了他成为伟人. 康复是关键, 大多数罪犯可以保存，我坚信，他们最应该得到第二次机会.
很多人认为死刑是正确的解决方案，因为那时, 他们不犯罪的生活资助，直到他死了，或者它是一个犯罪的威慑力. 对不起球员, 但你所有的错. 事实证明，执行的人的成本比更多的钱给无期徒刑，它证明，死刑是真的没有阻吓! 而不是听无知的人, 使自己的意见, 看书, 看电影, 和, 如果你够勇敢.... 写信给一名死囚，进入他的世界.
我们的目标不是发挥自己的情绪. 我们的目标是让你了解死囚酷刑反对死刑，我没有向受害人或其家属的同情，并不意味着. 我有一个双方的心......但是当它涉及到死刑，我只看到复仇, 和绝对没有正义.
请看看大卫·鲍威尔的情况下: 大卫打死一名警官，他年轻的时候根据药物: 他得到了被判处死刑. 他花了 32 死囚年. 大家说，他是一个乖巧的犯人. 他甚至还教其他犯人阅读. 但代表们没有给一个该死. 去年, 大卫得到执行和警察喝了点酒来庆祝他的死亡. 我告诉你......复仇. 一旦你在死囚, 几乎没有机会为你出去，除非你有钱. 正如他们所说的在那里: “如果你没有资本, 你一句“.
如何是 “生活” 死囚? 你坚持在一个微小的细胞23h/day (2米large/3m长), 你 3 餐: 早餐在凌晨3点, 上午10时午餐, 和晚餐在下午4点. 如果你在睡觉，而他们为您服务，并没有站起来, 你没有膳食. 如果你用餐时间之间饿了，有没有食物, 你必须等待下一个服务. 你有没有电视, 只是一个很小的窗口，您无法打开. 没有空调, 不通风. 你必须自己洗的衣服, 在一个很小的接收器. 与外部世界的唯一联系是您收到的信件和探访 (后面的玻璃或通过电话的交谈). 卫兵将竭尽所能，使你的“生活”更可怕. 他们会发现任何可能的原因，撕你的细胞外或锁. 他们将取消您的访问, 只是多一点点发挥着你的神经...
我有我自己的经验与警卫. 他们对我撒谎. 他们扯下迈克尔的细胞外; 告诉他，我试图让他的手机 (严禁). 他们建立了自己的故事，并试图使迈克尔气死我, 刚 5 前几天他的处决. 这是折磨: 心理折磨, 的事实，你必须每天面对自己的死亡之上.
7月1日, 迈克尔的最后上诉被驳回 90 分钟前，他的处决.... 折磨时，我们知道，甚至还没有被读出一些新提交的报告; 当我们知道，30分钟后, 迈克尔将有 30 天留. 折磨时，我有机会跟他谈了几个小时之前，他的死亡, 他是充满希望, 笑话和笑声......
整个伪装停止...
我反对死刑，而且将永远是.
“以眼还眼，使整个世界变得盲目”甘地
在和平迈克尔休息,
战斗去......
Although I am kind and respectful of God’s creatures, I cannot condone the putrid existence of any of these slime. I have worked with murderers and rapists my whole life and most are highly psychotic. They have been sentenced to die for crimes against their fellow man; heinous violent bloody crimes. Where is the justice for the victims? Do they get their own 8 bags of poppycock? Why should taxpayers spend copious amounts of money to keep them incarcerated for life? I believe the only solution is for these fine specimens of human waste to become the lifelong responsibility of you and your cronies. He can stay at your digs, eat, sleep and vacation with your crew. You will have the chance to help integrate these poor souls back into society by bringing them to church and showing them the way! You and the rest of the p’corns will become their legal guardians and be financially responsible for their upkeep until such a time that they die of natural causes. Maybe you can get them a job at the family business, pay them a salary and embrace them into the bosom of your humanity!! If you have time in your busy schedule of sleeping with one eye open until eternity, perhaps you should go to your local shelter and meet with some of God’s creatures who are sentenced to death through no fault of their own. They could really use a professional lobbyist and bible thumping humanitarian such as yourself!
Me, on the other hand, will certainly be writing to these governors…..and asking what the hell is taking so long!!! Have a nice day!
Dear Angela,
Thanks for your comment. Even if you seem to totally disagree with my opinion and write me with some kind of disrespect (even if you don’t know me at all), I will still publish your comment and give you my reply.
I would have a LOT to say but I will try to make it short. As you say, you have worked with murderers and rapists, and you add that “most of them are highly psychotic”.
You know that psychosis is a mental disorder/illness, don’t you? So, you actually mean that people with a mental sickness have to be killed? I thought that our world was civilized enough to offer medical treatment to these people but obviously, I was wrong. Moreover, in your opinion, it makes no doubt that only cold-blooded monsters are on death row. Just by curiosity, could you please tell me on how many death row cases you have worked to say such a thing? And how many death row inmates do you personally know? And what is your opinion about the 140 people that have been exonerated? Anyway, being against the DP, doesn’t mean that I want criminals to be free, absolutely not. And it also doesn’t mean that I have NO respect towards the victims. I always say that people have to pay when they commit crimes. It seems that you misunderstood my point but that’s ok.
Now, maybe you should have made some research on the internet regarding the DP costs. You would have found out that it costs much more money to condemn to death and execute than to condemn to a life sentence.
Please check, it won’t take you a lot of time. For sure, less time that it took you to comment on my article :)
Oh, and last point, I am non-believer. So you see, once again, you’re wrong. It’s not even God who tells me to save their lives! Isn’t it amazing??
Oops… sorry for being sarcastic… But you know Angela, you’re not the first pro-DP person that I have to deal with but once again, it’s ok. I just hope that you will find a way to get rid of all the hate and anger that you have in your heart. Thanks to someone I have met several years ago, I have learned to treat every human being with respect, including the people who disagree with me, put nasty comments on my articles and disrespect me. And you know who was that person? A death row inmate…
Best Regards to you Angela.
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Hi Tracey, thank you very much for the links. The blog is very interesting, it is very important that DR inmates have people like us to inform the “free world” of what is going on there. I have already seen the pics, it is just awful and as you say, heartbreaking…an article about the Polunsky Unit should follow soon. Thank you again and keep up the good work. Thomas is lucky to have a friend like you.
Hi Stephanie,
Excellent post. I am a supporter of another Texas Death Row inmate by the name of Thomas Whitaker who writes a blog which I maintain for him. You or your readers might be interested in reading it. It can be found at http://www.minutesbeforesix.com
One post he did in August 2009 http://minutesbeforesix.blogspot.com/2009/08/fifty-thousand-words-supposedly.html
Has 50 photos of the living conditions on Texas DEath Row where Thomas has described what each photo is, this is a heartbreaking visual into the reality of the Polunsky Unit.
Thank you very much Jane!
Thankyou for this article Stephanie. I too have friends on death row and I can confirm that everything you say is true. And all this is happening not in some third world dictatorship but in America. What an example for the world’s leading country to set!
Hi Chris,
Thank you very much for your comment! I, unfortunately, did not see the whole documentary yet, just the trailer and some interviews. I am looking forward to seeing it. Thank you again!
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie!
I agree with everything you say in your article, thank you for sharing your thoughts with the world.
I know about Michael because of Werner Herzog’s documentary. Have you seen it? I haven’t seen it yet but I gave seen a preview.