This is a post I have hesitated to make because I feel it could offend friends who were not as lucky or victims who disagree with this (it’s not all of them luckily) but I do want to share that Alan was resentenced to Life Without Parole last month and is now off death row. After 17 years of isolation this is quite an adjustment. He should have more visits and more access to the phone, and he will be able to work (something he is looking forward to). But mostly, as he described to me, it is the first time in his life he is not waiting for death – or rather that death is not waiting for him. It is a strange feeling but something I’m sure he’ll get used to quickly, as will I. I keep the men on the row who didn’t get a chance at a resentening or did not get the same outcome in my thoughts. I’ll never stop fighting against the death penalty, as this was never a personal issue to me, but a moral one since I learned of its existence in my early teens. I do appreciate and love those of you who supported me through my activism, my marriage, and this exhausting trial, to sum up, who stood by my side during difficult battles. I know my choices are not always easy to understand, but my heart is always leading the way. Alan is everything to me, I loved him as soon as I got to know the deep real him. He deserves this second chance.
Sigid, Je suis tellement heureuse pour vous! Pour lui et sa famille ! Enfin cette épée de Damoclès est tombée ! Ce que vous donnez , c’est aussi un espoir pour les autres. Je ne doute pas que tu continura d’élever ta voix pour lutter contre la peine de mort. Merci, pour les tripes que tu mets pour défendre cette cause.
Longue vie à vous les amoureux, pleine de partage et de bonheurs ❤️
Merci Camille ❤️ ! Comme tu l’imagines le soulagement est incommensurable. Maintenant c’est une nouvelle vie qui commence pour lui en population générale, pas forcément plus facile donc j’espère qu’il s’adaptera. Mais on aura au moins accompli ça !