10th combo free

"Courtney,

Well this is version 3.0 of tonight's letter to you. I just scrapped the last one cause I took a half hour break to watch the fucking amazing lightning storm going on outside and couldn't pick up where I left off. I may throw in a 'letter' from a week ago I started writing but didn't finish. We'll see, I've got to read it first and approve. I figure you may get a kick out of it though, for some unknown reason. But hey, if it makes you happy to read drivel a la Mike then I'm happy to supply it. Whatever I can do to put a smile on your face.

I'm listening to Jimmy Eat World (again). The song 'Work' on their newest album. That's my jam, yo. 'Can we take a ride? Get out of this place while we still have time.' 'When the dance is through it's me and you, come on would it really be so bad?'. The jam..."

it's pretty heartbreaking to read about the guy who got me into mogwai, blonde redhead, sonic youth & tons of other cool music, is being forced to develop a taste for jimmy eat world. i have no choice but to suffer right along side him.

me: ech
it's killin me
i wish it would start to feel better
u know?
missing mike
it never feels any better
and i have 7 more yrs of it
god knows how he feels

someone else: yeah that sucks

me: http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org/education/sermons/rubinstein.html
i read about this case yesterday
izzy zimmerman
26 yrs in prison for something he didnt do
then when he was finally released he sued the state
and got a million
then dropped dead 4 months later
then his wife dropped dead not soon after
and the money he had just won was handed back to the state because he hadn't made up a will
heartbreaking

someone else: thats fucked

me: do you know how often people are wrongly convicted
on death row alone it's 70 percent how fucked is that
innocent people make up the majority of death row
and state courts continually deny inmates the right to have a DNA test to clear their name
it's so sad
if for no other reason, that is why there shouldn't be a death penalty
it's design to stop innocents from being killed is what it's ended up being guilty of

someone else: yeah

me http://www.geocities.com/mnsocialist/richey.html
that guy is in the same prison as mike
his conviction was overturned
he was accused of burning down a house and killing a little girl in the process
but at the time his arm had been in a cast
and he couldn't strike a match
which is what it was determined started the fire
and witnesses had reported seeing the girl playing with matches
i think he's spent 17 yrs on death row in ohio
and they have 90 days to retry his case
or let him out

someone else: thats pretty fucked

me: “I’ve spent 17 years thinking about it. I’ve faced the reality. I’ve had 13 execution dates. Nine years ago, I came within an hour of going to the electric chair. My head was shaved and I’d said a final goodbye to my mum and family, and then a stay came through."
ugh can u imagine
being innocent and still facing that

Currently listening: Futures By Jimmy Eat World

Labels: mike

posted by Courtney at 2:13 p.m.

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