IM GETTING RELEASED AFTER SERVING 26 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN PRISON.

I ENTERED THIS SUB-CULTURE AS A 16 YEAR OLD PUNK-ASS KID AND NOW IM LEAVING AS A 43 YEAR OLD MAN.

WHAT IS THE WORLD LIKE NOW? IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM OUT THERE FOR ME TO FIND MY WAY? WHERE CAN I FIND A JOB? WHO WILL HIRE ME WITH LITTLE TO NO SKILLS AT ALL?

I WANT TO SUCCEED. I DONT WANT TO STRUGGLE. I WANT TO RAISE A FAMILY OF MY OWN. I WANT TO BE A RESPECTED MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

WHO WILL HIRE AN EX-CONVICT? WHO WILL LOOK PAST MY PAST AND SEE THE MAN THAT I AM TODAY?

WILL I BE ABLE TO LOOK PAST MY OWN EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, SUCH AS COUSINS, UNCLES AND AUNT’S WHO LEFT ME FOR DEAD THINKING THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL OF MY SENTENCE?

JUNE 1st 2014 , WASHINGTON PASSED A NEW LAW INTO EFFECT WHICH ALLOWED FOR GUYS WHO COMMITTED THEIR CRIMES AS JUVENILES TO GET RELEASED AFTER SERVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF MURDER YOU COMMITTED.

I WILL BE GOING TO MY EARLY RELEASE HEARING IN EARLY JANUARY, OR AT THE LATEST, EARLY FEBUARY.

SOME OF MY FAMILY THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OF MY SENTENCE, WHICH WAS 75 YEARS! INSTEAD IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE GETTING RELEASED AFTER 26 YEARS.

FROM THE WAY THAT THE NEW LAW READS, THE PAROLE BOARD CAN ONLY DENY RELEASE IF THE BOARD CAN PROVE THAT I WILL COMMITT THE SAME CRIME AGAIN. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS BY A PROPONDERENCE OF EVIDENCE.

HOW CAN YOU LEGALLY PROVE THAT SOMEONE WILL KILL AGAIN? AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT ASSAULTTING PEOPLE AND ARE NOT DOING DUMB SHIT AND GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PETTY INFRACTIONS FOR STUPID THINGS, THERE SHOULD BE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT RELEASE.

IF YOU’RE NOT KNOWN BY STAFF AS AN AGGRESSIVE PERSON OR PROVEN TO BE A THREAT, THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO ORDER YOUR RELEASE.

AS FAR AS HOW I WILL DEAL WITH THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT ME FOR DEAD….. I’M NOT SURE, BUT IF I WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK PAST MY OWN PAST, THEN PERHAPS I NEED TO LOOK PAST THEIR ACTIONS AS WELL.

UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, BE SAFE OUT THERE.

JAI’MAR SCOTT
DOC #970703