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Free Guy Zappulla

Friends of Guy Zappulla, Clemency. The word has been tossed around so frequently, its definition has lost the heartfelt message it was meant to convey. I think it’s just and proper to begin this petition by narrating its definition, which is: an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness. Therefore, with the definition firmly…
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The Fourth Side

The Fourth Side… Now Available!  “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty.” That was all I heard. The rest of the formalities became just a blur as the court officers snapped the cold, steel handcuffs tightly around my wrists. After serving ten years of my original 25-to-life sentence, my conviction was overturned by a…
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The End. . . Almost

The End. . . Almost The night began as the countless others have: a dusky evening filled with nothing except anticipated monotony. Then the door to my cage flew open. Several corrections officers rushed in and, seconds later, had removed me from my concrete and steel home. The ensuing search and formal interrogation took far…
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A Broken Promise

A Broken Promise Prison; the best way to describe it, would be to state it’s an oasis or boredom in a desert of horror’s. However with no apparent horror’s to contend with, I often appreciate the boredom. Our afternoon recreation period is simply a much needed break from the long days of nothingness. It’s during…
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Clams On Ice

Clams On Ice I’m married, and if this union had taken place in the free world, it would have been just another legal coupling among a sea of others. However, there are people out amongst you, that along with not agreeing that I should be allowed to express myself through writing, are completely against the…
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Another “What If”

Another “What If” I was born into a family that at one time fished for their very existence. Therefore, it was only natural that this rite of passage be passed to me at an early age. It required a two dollar bamboo pole, which I grasped onto like a child would cling onto his mother…
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Release the Hounds

Release the Hounds “Holy Shit”… I don’t gamble, but I would bet my last pack of smokes, the C.O. doing the count the morning of June 6 recited something along these lines — or far worse! As for releasing actual blood hounds to track the escaped convicts, that came much later. The first thing the…
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