What Awaits...
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Come on in, step inside
Take a look around and see
We’ll be spending years together
You and me…
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There isn’t much to me I’m afraid
A bed, four walls, a door
And of course a toilet and a sink
Bolted to the floor
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There’s a small window in the corner
Where you can strain to look outside
Don’t mind the cockroach on the ledge
They come in here to hide
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The floor is worn below your feet
From the constant pacing of those now gone
You too will go mad as this place consumes you
And you’ll be doing the same before long
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The paint is chipped, the metal is rusted
The hot water in the sink runs cold
This won’t be an easy place to live
As your body weakens and you grow old
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I get quite hot in the summer months
There is really no relief
And on winter nights you'll swear to God
That you could actually freeze
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Speaking of God don’t look for him here
This is a Godless place
He isn’t tricked by manipulation and lies
He sees your one true face
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Every sound in me is loud and echoed
Very telling of the emptiness here
You’ll find no comfort within my walls
I won’t protect you from your fears
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I am not a place for you to feel safe
I will not save you from your own hell
I am not your house, I am not your home
I am your prison cell
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Welcome To Perryville.
By Lynn Chellew March 11/2015. If you repost, please credit to me.
I just read - thoroughly - the Foreman's interview from the Trial Diaries.
Juror #17, although not changing her vote, WAS engaged in deliberations.
She felt that a couple of the mitigation factors were relevant and therefore could not vote for the DP.
Upsetting for the other 11 to say the least but she DID participate and at one time, the foreman thought she was being unfairly treated by others.
I applaud Juror #17 for sharing her story with people she really didn't even know.
I applaud the others on the jury who also shared their stories.
She did her job, under the law.
It is not the job of others on the jury to make her change her mind.
It is their job to review evidence with the hope that it makes an impact.
She had the balls to remain with her opinion even while facing adversity from others on the jury.
Hers was an unpopular stance but one she believed in and she is paying a heavy price for it.
I will continue to refuse to speculate and make assumptions about juror #17 and her so-called motives and her own personal life.
I do not know this woman.
She did her job.
No one likes the end result but we cannot fault her for her opinion and what she gleaned to make her decision from the evidence that she and the others were privy to in their deliberations.
One last comment.............
Without a complete psychological assessment of each prospective juror, the court and attorneys MUST rely on their own research and the answers that are given to their questions.
Apparently they were satisfied with what they heard from each one and the jury was selected.
Alternates are picked at random. This is how it should be or else it would leave room for a stacked jury.
Yes, there were motions by the State to have a juror removed for doing the very same thing that other jurors were doing also.
The foreman stated that it is very difficult to get 12 people to all agree. In this case, they could not.
~
Come on in, step inside
Take a look around and see
We’ll be spending years together
You and me…
~
There isn’t much to me I’m afraid
A bed, four walls, a door
And of course a toilet and a sink
Bolted to the floor
~
There’s a small window in the corner
Where you can strain to look outside
Don’t mind the cockroach on the ledge
They come in here to hide
~
The floor is worn below your feet
From the constant pacing of those now gone
You too will go mad as this place consumes you
And you’ll be doing the same before long
~
The paint is chipped, the metal is rusted
The hot water in the sink runs cold
This won’t be an easy place to live
As your body weakens and you grow old
~
I get quite hot in the summer months
There is really no relief
And on winter nights you'll swear to God
That you could actually freeze
~
Speaking of God don’t look for him here
This is a Godless place
He isn’t tricked by manipulation and lies
He sees your one true face
~
Every sound in me is loud and echoed
Very telling of the emptiness here
You’ll find no comfort within my walls
I won’t protect you from your fears
~
I am not a place for you to feel safe
I will not save you from your own hell
I am not your house, I am not your home
I am your prison cell
~
Welcome To Perryville.
By Lynn Chellew March 11/2015. If you repost, please credit to me.
I just read - thoroughly - the Foreman's interview from the Trial Diaries.
Juror #17, although not changing her vote, WAS engaged in deliberations.
She felt that a couple of the mitigation factors were relevant and therefore could not vote for the DP.
Upsetting for the other 11 to say the least but she DID participate and at one time, the foreman thought she was being unfairly treated by others.
I applaud Juror #17 for sharing her story with people she really didn't even know.
I applaud the others on the jury who also shared their stories.
She did her job, under the law.
It is not the job of others on the jury to make her change her mind.
It is their job to review evidence with the hope that it makes an impact.
She had the balls to remain with her opinion even while facing adversity from others on the jury.
Hers was an unpopular stance but one she believed in and she is paying a heavy price for it.
I will continue to refuse to speculate and make assumptions about juror #17 and her so-called motives and her own personal life.
I do not know this woman.
She did her job.
No one likes the end result but we cannot fault her for her opinion and what she gleaned to make her decision from the evidence that she and the others were privy to in their deliberations.
One last comment.............
Without a complete psychological assessment of each prospective juror, the court and attorneys MUST rely on their own research and the answers that are given to their questions.
Apparently they were satisfied with what they heard from each one and the jury was selected.
Alternates are picked at random. This is how it should be or else it would leave room for a stacked jury.
Yes, there were motions by the State to have a juror removed for doing the very same thing that other jurors were doing also.
The foreman stated that it is very difficult to get 12 people to all agree. In this case, they could not.