For those who do not know what the Polunsky Unit is; it is the Death Row Unit in Texas, USA. In 2010, I actively supported a death row inmate, Michael James Perry. After only a couple of weeks, we became close friends and saving his life became my priority number one. When you support a…
Death. What a horrible word for a justice decision… 20 years ago, Debra Milke had been wrongfully convicted. 20 years, think about that: Think about all the things you’ve done during the last 20 years, all the places you have seen, all the people you have met… Maybe you got married, maybe you even had kids;…
How many times have you watched a movie that, in one way or another, touches a crime, an offender, or a victim of crime? This blog post will highlight a few movies that, in a genius way, manage to portray the offender as a human being, without romanticizing the crime or the criminal life. What makes these movies…
I have often times been amazed and deeply touched by inmates’ incredible gifts of survival. Surviving in the harsh, unpredictable and often unfair environment of the US prison demands of you to be strong, determined, innovative and, most importantly, keep focusing on the positive. Keep focusing on the goal: Your freedom. Your life. Your…
The thoughts are blurry, the memories somehow lost. The wounds are open, deep inside someone’s soul. And it could take as little as looking at someone’s face in the street, then you’d see a mirrored image of your own soul. I like to call them the ignored ones. The ones for which there seems to…
