Another parole hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning. This will be the sixth one since my initial hearing in 2002, having then completed the minimum time on my sentence of 25-years to life...
Right now I am seeking the Lord's will as to whether or not to appear. It's my choice. Either way the outcome will be the same - two more years.
It's all routine, really. In my situation such hearings are not a big deal. For the media it may be something to spend a few minutes chatting about. Or, for periodicals such as The New York Post it may make for a mostly meaningless and redundant article. After all, what is there to say now that hasn't already been said?
If I decline to attend tomorrow's hearing, it will only be postponed until the following month, thus affording me another opportunity to decide to attend, or not. This is standard policy and procedure. The same would apply to any prisoner in New York, be he doing a sentence of one to three years, or "life."
Anyhow, my prayer is that the hearing, if I do go, will be quick. Maybe fifteen minutes, tops. Then it'll be over with and I won't have to deal with this again for two more years. If I do attend, it would be to apologize for my past criminal actions, which is what I have done during every previous hearing, either in person, or by letter. My deep remorse and contrition has been well publicized and documented.
D. B.
It's all routine, really. In my situation such hearings are not a big deal. For the media it may be something to spend a few minutes chatting about. Or, for periodicals such as The New York Post it may make for a mostly meaningless and redundant article. After all, what is there to say now that hasn't already been said?
If I decline to attend tomorrow's hearing, it will only be postponed until the following month, thus affording me another opportunity to decide to attend, or not. This is standard policy and procedure. The same would apply to any prisoner in New York, be he doing a sentence of one to three years, or "life."
Anyhow, my prayer is that the hearing, if I do go, will be quick. Maybe fifteen minutes, tops. Then it'll be over with and I won't have to deal with this again for two more years. If I do attend, it would be to apologize for my past criminal actions, which is what I have done during every previous hearing, either in person, or by letter. My deep remorse and contrition has been well publicized and documented.
D. B.
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