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SG in prison for murder, needs help

Posted by Jim LaMattery (reposted) on April 17, 2005 at 18:24:29

This past week, including today, I have been desperately trying to visit a young man who is currently imprisoned for life. His sister visits the ex-member boards very rarely. She watched the episode of "Law and Order" that many of you are aware of. She watched it like she watches the show every week. She contacted me after viewing the show. She has requested my help for her brother. He is locked up in solitary confinement, in one of the most notorious prisons in America, at this moment while we discuss our issues. He is also on suicide watch.

He was imprisoned for killing a FGA. He is a SGA. He was brutally beaten in a victor camp. I do not believe that his defense counsel adequately knew the facts of his past in TF. The prosecution understood that he had been abused as a child and consequently offered that manslaughter be the charge. The murdered victim's wife, who may still be in TF, pressed for the murder charge.

I will be doing everything in my power to get this kid out of solitary confinement and placed into a prison mental facility. I will also be doing all that I can to have his adjudication reviewed. His past unfortunately fits the profile of so many others who were born and raised in the horror.