Maggie

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• The thing about schools vs prisons in your comparison is that not all of Pennsylvania is equal. No doubt, there needs to be a better focus on prevention. Philadelphia is not representative of the remainder of the state. Many districts in the state are doing quite well. Philly is not, ...

  on How much time is enough? by Robert Pezzeca Jan. 1, 2015

• Look at it as a chance to make new friends and see new places. It's like traveling, or going on an extended holiday to a new, exotic locale. Try to put a positive face on the whole issue. You might like it better there. I imagine any change of scenery ...

  on A Heck of a Birthday & Christmas Present by Robert Pezzeca Jan. 8, 2015

• The Lin thing turned out to be staged, not spontaneous as the whole viral sensation would lead everyone to believe. $20/hourly is all guards make? Good lord, that's a pittance for the environment they work in, and the people surrounding them. $40,000 annually does not buy much nowadays. It was ...

  on Don't Judge Me Just Yet by Robert Pezzeca Jan. 15, 2015

• I don't see what Christmas should be decorated in the prisons. It's a mixed bag of religions in there, picking one over another would be sure to cause grief, I bet. A Christmas Story is a great movie. Brings you back to a more innocent time, when people did not ...

  on Christmas? Or Just Another Day In Prison? by Robert Pezzeca Jan. 18, 2015

• I can understand the overage cost associated with both the phone calls and the televisions. The calls would need to be monitored to make sure no shenanigans are taking place, the televisions probably need to be sealed to keep the inmates from pulling out bits to use as weapons. I ...

  on A New Year's Murder by Robert Pezzeca Feb. 7, 2015

• You are looking at Obama from the wrong end of things. In the decades you have been locked away from society, lots has changed. Whites in many cases do dislike Obama, and often it is out of sheer ignorance or racism. Since he has been in office, and after the ...

  on How much time is enough? by Robert Pezzeca Feb. 12, 2015

• And the comparison of the man in the article, and say for instance your case is a poor one. It is murder in both cases, yes. Both cases were violent. Both were from an outsiders viewpoint looking in, a crime of the moment, and not pre-meditated. The similarities end there. ...

  on How much time is enough? by Robert Pezzeca Feb. 12, 2015

• It's not taking shots, it's just reality. I think that sadly it is a reality you have to live with every day. But, back to something of a better note. If you get rated to a three, what sort of job does that allow? Is the pay better, or just ...

  on Christmas? Or Just Another Day In Prison? by Robert Pezzeca March 8, 2015

• It is a series of actions which started well before he murdered Ron however. While I do not doubt, that Mr. Pezecca may have come to some sort of regret for what he did, it is easy to feel this regret from behind bars, fences and razor wire. What else ...

  on Christmas? Or Just Another Day In Prison? by Robert Pezzeca March 9, 2015

• Your posts bring me such joy. It's a wonderful feeling to see your words come out, and if only a small portion of your daily thoughts. Its good that you have found time to make yourself think that what you do matters. Ultimately, any shred of dignity you can gain ...

  on Ignorance In Prison; Tolerate Or Defy? by Robert Pezzeca July 14, 2015

• Well, I cannot lie and say my name is Maggie. It"s short for Margaret, but that name has always made me feel old. My grandmother was a Margaret, and she was mean. The man thing though.... That I don't get. Not sure where you came up with that one. You've ...

  on Ignorance In Prison; Tolerate Or Defy? by Robert Pezzeca Dec. 28, 2015

• Second chances are appropriate in some cases. A crime of passion for instance where an individual walks in on their significant other with someone else. An individual who witnesses someone harming a child. Too many examples to list. Second chances are deserved if they truly regret what they did immediately ...

  on Love, Hate, Violence, Murder. When Is Enough Enough? by Robert Pezzeca July 10, 2016

• A 21 year old kid that chopped someone up and put their body parts around town is a monster, age, or mental capacity aside. Ron was born the same year as the release of gone with the wind and wizard of oz... An issue he was oddly proud of. His ...

  on Love, Hate, Violence, Murder. When Is Enough Enough? by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 11, 2016

• Multiple reasons. For one, I attended this monsters trial. I watched him sit at the defendant table, shackled because he attacked a bailiff. I listened to testimony. I saw photos which I will never be able to get out of my mind. I read the news (much of which can ...

  on Love, Hate, Violence, Murder. When Is Enough Enough? by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 18, 2016

• With as much animosity my heart has for you as an individual, attacking or harassing a child for the sins of a father is flat out wrong. Believe me when I say out of everything you post, and the absolute indifference I have for any bad thing that happens to ...

  on Comment Response by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 31, 2016

• I read a lot of your posts, but really comment. I am truly curious though, and my questions come as a result of a recent piece I heard on the radio. This is in no way meant to be disparaging. For the long term prisoners, past a point, how compassionate ...

  on Rare Meeting With... by Timothy J. Muise Sept. 4, 2016

• No. I don't think everyone should stay incarcerated. I think you are takin my question wrong. What I am asking is pat a certain point, is it a kindness or a cruelty to release an aging inmate. I agree that the sentences handed down are ridiculous in many, many cases. ...

  on Rare Meeting With... by Timothy J. Muise Sept. 10, 2016

• food for thought then. Thanks, Mr. Muise. Maybe part of the issue for me here is forgiving what this person did to my friend. i would enjoy corresponding with you, as your ideas are thought provoking, and your satirical wit towards what is obviously a horrible situation speaks volumes to,your ...

  on Rare Meeting With... by Timothy J. Muise Sept. 25, 2016

• I guess as the holidays come closer, it has to be harder for you. Alone, no real visitors and a family that will soon forget you. These must be issues that weigh heavily on your mind as your poor mom gets sicker and sicker. I saw your daughters comments. That ...

  on comment Response by Robert Pezzeca Oct. 2, 2016

• I still wonder if your years away have not somehow placed rose colored glasses over your situation at the time. As we all sat in the courtroom, the times with Justine that you speak of did not seem that great. She basically turned you in. I digress however. I doubt ...

  on Is Air A Basic Human Right? Not In Pennsylvania Prisons! by Robert Pezzeca Oct. 24, 2016

• What sort of stamps do you need exactly? Can they only be book form, or are you allowed a roll of 100? And how can we help,with your commissary issues? Your posts are the real thing, and I'd like to see a bit more happiness there. Also, what's an i? ...

  on Journal Entry by Jeremiah Ray Bond June 19, 2017

• You sure do like to change that story, forgetting that many of us that were in the courtroom remember the testimony. You weren’t sexually assaulted while you slept. The world knows the real story, and trust there are those of us that keep tabs to make sure you are never ...

  on Juvenile Lifers Being Freed by Robert Pezzeca May 21, 2020