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This is excellent.

In 1988 I was charged with Assault with Intent to Commit Murder. While not 100% innocent by the dictionary definition, I was certainly not guilty of intending to murder anyone or even causing physical injury. My boss at a small family owned restaurant cashed in an investment to bail me out pretrial after only a short period. I would have done a bare minimum of ten if convicted.

I have published a few short humorous looks at my experience (the humor abetted by the fact that the prosecutor in the case was named Luke Skywalker) and have used bits of knowledge I gained during the process in pieces of fiction.

Kudos for shining a light on these writers. I'm sharing the post now.

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Beautiful!

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“Stories are escape artists.” Fantastic line.

We tend to skew the humanity of those incarcerated but there’s a soup of circumstances that can land you there. It’s easy to lose everything. It’s easy to feel hopeless when people stop visiting. Great piece. Bookmarking for a second read.

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