I had a serious cocaine addiction and on March 27th
of 1996 I went into an office building and into an office that had been left
unlocked. There was no one there and I
took property valued at less the $75 to help support my addiction. I know this was wrong and a dumb thing to
do. Even though my prior strikes were
also nonviolent I was sentenced to 25 years to LIFE rather than receiving treatment
for my drug problem. Since I have been
in prison I have lost my mother-in-law, my Mom, and my grandmother. I have completed a six year treatment program
for a manic depressive illness, and have managed to stay strong through all of
this while praying for a chance to be free.
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