A Hapless Victim

Was just browsing through some of the blogs and hv encountered this http://againstdeathrows.blogspot.com/ (Average Joe's blog) and just couldn't stop my self to dedicate some space to the priceless thoughts of Joe...

IMAGINE

When you wake up tomorrow morning I want you to imagine that you are in a 6' x 9' concrete cage with one wall overlaid with a set of 1''round steel bars covered by a dimond shaped steel grating. After having slept on a 3'' thick mat laid over a metal bunk that is bolted to one wall.

Now imagine not having to take more than one step to partake of your morning routine because your toilet and sink are only 3' from the edge of your bunk. Then imagine having straddle that toilet to reach the sink so you can wash your face and brush your face.

Imagine only being able to take 4 steps in one direction, from the front of your cage to the back, then 4 more back to the front. Where if you want you can look out a window. Only in order to do that you must gaze past two sets of bars and that dimond shaped grate to see a brick wall through a grimy plate of glass.

Imagine having no control over the meals you will eat this day. Somebody else will decide what you shall eat, when you will get it and whether it will be hot or cold. Then when it does come it arrives on a crusty slotted tray. Which you have to hold it on your lap or place it on the sink above your toilet, or simply hold it braced against the bars at the front of your cage. Because there are no table or chairs as any other human might have to use.

Imagine having no privacy, where people who don´t care about you at all can come in and go through your belongings anytime they want and there is nothing you can do about it.

Now you will be allowed some minor luxuries, but you will have to buy them out the prison canteen once a week. But wait a second, where you will get the money for that ? You aren´t allowed to work or operate a business in any way. So you will have to, if you want to have any kind of luxuries like coffee, tea, a coffee cup, shampoo and deodorant, or if you would like to write a letter more than once a month, depend on family or friends to help support you.

And imagine that is only the small stuff you have to deal with ?

Imagine never being able to walk on grass again or to stroll barefoot along the beach. Imagine never again to be able to look up at night and see the moon or the stars. Or to experience the sun rising to a chorus of song birds, or to sit with a loved one and gaze at the setting sun.

Imagine never again hearing the laughter and joy of a child on X-mas morning. Or to simply get up and go for a stroll when you get the urge.

Imagine never again to be able to dance with your sweetheart, to be able to look into their eyes and tell how much you love them, except for the weekly visits.

Imagine not being able to get up and go to the fridge when you want an ice cold drink on a hot day or maybe a snack or sandwich.

Imagine not being able to leave the room when those around you are making so much noise they are driving you crazy.

Now imagine having to deal with all this and more every day knowing that the government is doing everything in its power to murder you. So I guess with all that considered, one could still say we here on Death Row have it easy.

Oh, one more thing, imagine that you were wrongly convicted and are truly innocent...................................................

Readers pls Do visit http://againstdeathrows.blogspot.com to find more about Average Joe, a Death Row inmate on Florida´s Death Row since 1977, describes his life.

Horrendous.............

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Finally managed to grab some time to put somthin on this....missed this part of world a lot..

Thing were good but the bad news from cat and god know wat else has incite me took this action and I am here in Redmond now.I reached here last thrusday..but trust me this type of welcome was never expected....thanks to my frnd 'THE EXPERT GUIDE to this city' .....

We were driving towards our apartment and guess what?? !!! we lost the way!!!..not a big deal...in a new city and with in couple of hours after landing in city, in the late night hours with no one on the street.....my frnd and me still cool and busy is checking the top speed of his new honda accord and roaming around...my frnd THE EXPERT GUIDE to this city ws showing me this new and happening place..

Scene inside the car!!

My Frnd "hy we touched 110 mile good see and its moving mast!! wat say Gunjan"
Me "Gud man this is class"

Suddenly we found COPS car with the blue and red lights flashing...

My frnd "Dekh ab lage kisse ke vaat" and he decelerated his car so that the cops can overtake..and we were busy again checkin car's speaker n system.. After a couple of minutes we cut down the system voice and found cops were still behind us with the alert siren ......oh my God!!! I was worried and asked my frnd hy we should stop it seems they are following us..but it was my fault my frnd THE EXPERT GUIDE to this city told no man!! in that case they must have over taken us till this time. Hmmmmmmm that in need was right ...later after a couple of miles we found a red light and finally we stop but what was next was never even imagined in the worse dreams...

4-5 Cops car on that signal blocking all the possible routes Now we finally relaised it was WE who were being followed by the cops...realizing our fault we thought okie could be over speeding is the reason and we tried to come out of the car!!!!!!!!!!!

Our biggest mistake..Immediatley two of the cops shouted "Hy!! Go in the car NOW, dnt come out" do I forget to mention here with they were having tourch in one hand and PISTOL in another. I was thinking over speeding such a big crime ...nyways we remain sitted in the car ..Our car now was being surrounded by three other cop cars with sirens on and flashing lights. This was wat I hv seen in reality TV number of times..the other doubt in the mind aree we being captured on some reality show but could nt dare to spk this to my frnd THE EXPERT GUIDE to this city. After checking our car finally a lady cop came to us and asked for the reason for not stopping but what to answer we said "we thought it was just the normal patrolling" but she told you made a big crime by nt stopping after seeing the signal and biggest mistake we made was shifted on the high speed lane signaling not to overtake and she called for backups from different station to incarcerate us.

But after a couple of requests and seeing we are new to the city we were release with a prize - 300$ fine. This was life time experience and yes I really dnt want to experience this again………….