A new day has begun, August in Canada and the weather is still warm. Let me tell you, winter is brutal so I’ll be brief here as the sun is shining and I must soak up as much Vitamin D as I can as my doctor is going to poison me with 50,000 units of Vitamin D weekly if it doesn’t come up a bit. I’ve found your first entry!! I’m guessing it was written after some time in prison and was about your first day there. You’ve quite the sense of humour and again I reiterate , “you could have been an author” , or , well you ARE an author and I quite enjoy reading your stories! I love love love the little details about just the everyday things! I still don’t know what you did, but I refuse to look. Although if you are in prison for life, it had to be bad. I’m sorry for whatever has happened to bring you to the point of being incarcerated for life, however you are making the best of it and while I understand your life must be mundane and lacks flavour, it’s all relative. Working 9-5 is mundane, cleaning the house is mundane, cooking the same food week after week, year after year is flavourless. So I do think I will take advantage of my situation and seek out at least one new recipe and cook it/make it and will say a little prayer for you Eric. (I am not a religious fanatic - can we even speak of religion here? I was raised Catholic and do believe that something better must await us all when we leave this place — as if (rolls my eyes) this place is a one very long, sometimes joyous, sometimes sorrowful ride we must endure to the best of our ability in order to get off at the end and say “WOW what a ride that was!! How did you do!?” We’ll all have a story to tell to our fellow angel friends.
I’m still trying to find mazes as I’d love to print one off and do it! So I’ll close today Eric and hope your day is eventful in a good way. I’ll leave you with something to think about today and someday perhaps you may or may not respond. I’d be happy to hear from you though …..
A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. "Never leave that till tomorrow," he said, "Which you can do today." This is the man who discovered electricity. You'd think more of us would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure. Fear of pain. Fear of rejection. [...] Sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? [...] Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true: that by the time the pain of not doing the thing gets worse than the fear of doing it, it can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumour.
I'm very new to this site so bear with me as I have no idea how to even begin. I've navigated around a little bit and fear I've only hit the tip of the iceberg. Let's start with a name "Deevoted" and I'm happy I stumbled upon you. I was instantly impressed with your meticulous printing, and your funny yet insightful writing! I am a Canadian woman and have worked in the healthcare field for 30+ years. (Labour and Delivery and Maternal Newborn Nurse) Yes my specialty is the 3 B's (Babies, Bums and Boobs) (hides under the desk and hopes that is allowed to be written here) -- I am married and have 2 grown daughters. I live in the free world and have a fascination with ... let us just say I am IN the free world, yet feel as though I am in a prison. But with meeting you, I feel as though you are like a free person who is living locked up. I have no idea what you did nor do I care to know. Like you said, 99.9% good and .1% bad. I believe this to be true of EVERYONE only not all get caught! Trust me, there is good and bad in all. But, I do have a fascination with TV shows and am currently watching a Netflix series called "I am a Killer" Season 1. I've watched all of the Lock Up Raw series but truly I seem to feel that they are sensationalized for TV. They show your version of the 70% + or - , and not the 10% or so that I think you would fit into. I’ve seen The series “Wentworth” about an australian female prison. The warden is a psychopath! Along with Orange is the New Black. (another female prison show on it’s 6th season) - I simply am very interested in the little things - the day to do you know? I've suffered with depression and anxiety for many many years. Medication doesn't cure all. My anxiety is literally my cage. I don't have many "true friends" but I don't have any enemies either. I live my life but lately as I grow older and certainly am feeling my age, I see I've probably given up the prime years of my life being anxious. So I applaud you on giving your insights on the "Passing of Time" and how it might sneak up on us at various stages in our lives rather differently.
I have to be honest and say that even though I may live in the free world, "LIFE is raw and hard for all of us" -- okay maybe not those rich and famous celebs who seem to have it all, but life is hard and raw! The normal everyday things that are so repetitive, mundane chores, the rules/standards/protocols of work, the ever changing guidelines we all have to follow as workers, and as humans .... whether you're free or not I suppose it affects us all. I think perhaps you have much more time to think about those things in an insightful way and portray your feelings so well. When I was reading your posts I thought "this guy should be writing books"
My mind is wandering , it's late so I'll copy and paste what I've written thus far onto a sticky note and carry on tomorrow .... Good night for now.
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New projects are in the works for 2019 and 2020. New zines, new authors, new publishing opportunities, and an expanding social media platform. That means more written posts ("raw" posts, as we call it) that'll need to be transcribed.
It all hinges on our work here at BtB. Without you, our multimedia projects become nothing more than mere words written on paper.
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The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY AN INNOCENT MAN ON DEATHROW
Ojore Dhoruba Khafra Ajamu
"TRIBULATIONS OF A GETO KID" This collection of poems convey the journey of Ojore, from Newark, NJ, to incarceration. These are poems about growing up in the streets: loyal and not so loyal relationships; the failings of the police, the legal system and the joys of being alive. He celebrates his family: the warmth and love of his mother, Aunt Sista, grandfather and his pride in his daughter. He looks beyond his own life to his deep connection with others, be it's the Tuareg people of North Afrika, or the earthquake survivors in Haiti. Challenging and moving, these poems ask us not only to review the conviction of an individual and the preconceptions we have about equality in our society, but also to find a profound reverence for life itself. Ojore is an Innocent Man currently stranded on Death Row, at San Quentin (California, USA), seeking your Support for Life, Justice & Liberty.
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A new day has begun, August in Canada and the weather is still warm. Let me tell you, winter is brutal so I’ll be brief here as the sun is shining and I must soak up as much Vitamin D as I can as my doctor is going to poison me with 50,000 units of Vitamin D weekly if it doesn’t come up a bit.
I’ve found your first entry!! I’m guessing it was written after some time in prison and was about your first day there. You’ve quite the sense of humour and again I reiterate , “you could have been an author” , or , well you ARE an author and I quite enjoy reading your stories! I love love love the little details about just the everyday things!
I still don’t know what you did, but I refuse to look. Although if you are in prison for life, it had to be bad. I’m sorry for whatever has happened to bring you to the point of being incarcerated for life, however you are making the best of it and while I understand your life must be mundane and lacks flavour, it’s all relative.
Working 9-5 is mundane, cleaning the house is mundane, cooking the same food week after week, year after year is flavourless. So I do think I will take advantage of my situation and seek out at least one new recipe and cook it/make it and will say a little prayer for you Eric. (I am not a religious fanatic - can we even speak of religion here? I was raised Catholic and do believe that something better must await us all when we leave this place — as if (rolls my eyes) this place is a one very long, sometimes joyous, sometimes sorrowful ride we must endure to the best of our ability in order to get off at the end and say “WOW what a ride that was!! How did you do!?”
We’ll all have a story to tell to our fellow angel friends.
I’m still trying to find mazes as I’d love to print one off and do it! So I’ll close today Eric and hope your day is eventful in a good way. I’ll leave you with something to think about today and someday perhaps you may or may not respond. I’d be happy to hear from you though …..
A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. "Never leave that till tomorrow," he said, "Which you can do today." This is the man who discovered electricity. You'd think more of us would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure. Fear of pain. Fear of rejection. [...] Sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? [...] Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true: that by the time the pain of not doing the thing gets worse than the fear of doing it, it can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumour.
Your Canadian Friend Dee
Let's start with a name "Deevoted" and I'm happy I stumbled upon you. I was instantly impressed with your meticulous printing, and your funny yet insightful writing!
I am a Canadian woman and have worked in the healthcare field for 30+ years. (Labour and Delivery and Maternal Newborn Nurse) Yes my specialty is the 3 B's (Babies, Bums and Boobs) (hides under the desk and hopes that is allowed to be written here) -- I am married and have 2 grown daughters.
I live in the free world and have a fascination with ... let us just say I am IN the free world, yet feel as though I am in a prison. But with meeting you, I feel as though you are like a free person who is living locked up. I have no idea what you did nor do I care to know. Like you said, 99.9% good and .1% bad. I believe this to be true of EVERYONE only not all get caught! Trust me, there is good and bad in all. But, I do have a fascination with TV shows and am currently watching a Netflix series called "I am a Killer" Season 1. I've watched all of the Lock Up Raw series but truly I seem to feel that they are sensationalized for TV. They show your version of the 70% + or - , and not the 10% or so that I think you would fit into. I’ve seen The series “Wentworth” about an australian female prison. The warden is a psychopath! Along with Orange is the New Black. (another female prison show on it’s 6th season) - I simply am very interested in the little things - the day to do you know?
I've suffered with depression and anxiety for many many years. Medication doesn't cure all. My anxiety is literally my cage. I don't have many "true friends" but I don't have any enemies either. I live my life but lately as I grow older and certainly am feeling my age, I see I've probably given up the prime years of my life being anxious. So I applaud you on giving your insights on the "Passing of Time" and how it might sneak up on us at various stages in our lives rather differently.
I have to be honest and say that even though I may live in the free world, "LIFE is raw and hard for all of us" -- okay maybe not those rich and famous celebs who seem to have it all, but life is hard and raw! The normal everyday things that are so repetitive, mundane chores, the rules/standards/protocols of work, the ever changing guidelines we all have to follow as workers, and as humans .... whether you're free or not I suppose it affects us all. I think perhaps you have much more time to think about those things in an insightful way and portray your feelings so well. When I was reading your posts I thought "this guy should be writing books"
My mind is wandering , it's late so I'll copy and paste what I've written thus far onto a sticky note and carry on tomorrow .... Good night for now.
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New projects are in the works for 2019 and 2020. New zines, new authors, new publishing opportunities, and an expanding social media platform. That means more written posts ("raw" posts, as we call it) that'll need to be transcribed.
It all hinges on our work here at BtB. Without you, our multimedia projects become nothing more than mere words written on paper.
If you're interested in learning more about our projects, transcription editing from both our BtB and Facebook pages, you can write me directly at the address below or post me your comment. Or you can start transcribing. :) Thanks for your time and consideration.
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P76622, CSP-SQSP
San Quentin, CA 94974
Facebook.com/writeordie2020
An Unjust Imposition
The death penalty in California is imposed arbitrarily and capriciously based on geographical location and the discretion of prosecutors rather than factors related to the comparative egregiousness of the crime and relative culpability of the defendant.
In California, the 58 prosecutors (district attorneys) are given absolute discretion to decide whether to seek the death penalty within the already broad parameters of penal code sections 190.2 and 190.25 (California's death penalty statue).
Without any statewide standards to guide or govern a prosecutor in making due decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant as opposed to a life sentence, a prosecutor can simply feel like or believe a death sentence is warranted, which oftentimes violates the very core of constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.
Without established standards to guide the exercise of discretion, prosecutors rely on irrelevant and often unlawful considerations, including race, economic status, gender, and victim status. This is happening! As a result, there is currently no reasonable basis for the distinction between who receives the death sentence and another who is sentenced to life in prison.
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OF A
GETO KID
A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY AN INNOCENT MAN ON DEATHROW
Ojore Dhoruba Khafra Ajamu
"TRIBULATIONS OF A GETO KID"
This collection of poems convey the journey of Ojore, from Newark, NJ, to incarceration. These are poems about growing up in the streets: loyal and not so loyal relationships; the failings of the police, the legal system and the joys of being alive. He celebrates his family: the warmth and love of his mother, Aunt Sista, grandfather and his pride in his daughter. He looks beyond his own life to his deep connection with others, be it's the Tuareg people of North Afrika, or the earthquake survivors in Haiti. Challenging and moving, these poems ask us not only to review the conviction of an individual and the preconceptions we have about equality in our society, but also to find a profound reverence for life itself.
Ojore is an Innocent Man currently stranded on Death Row, at San Quentin (California, USA), seeking your Support for Life, Justice & Liberty.
Order Here:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/ojore-dhoruba-khafra-ajamu/tribulations-of-a-geto-kid/paperback/product-23361419.html
Visit FREE OJORE Homepage to Learn More:
http://crandellmckinnon.wixsite.com/freeojore
JUSTICE FOR OJORE DONATIONS:
paypal.com email: ifundjustice@gmail.com
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