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Tough Love by Brian Fuller (Texas)
It is with a heavy heart I am forced to write this. The virus has returned with a vengeance. Our lives are been jeopardized the malice and negligence of others. We've all been through this before. Except for this time, the feeling is not that warm fuzzy deja-vu one...
Michigan’s Hidden Death Penalty: Death by Incarceration. by Honest Abe (Michigan)
To die for your crimes is not a new concept for the American people, as it has been ingrained into our psyche for hundreds of years. What is new is Michigan's hidden agenda of Death By Incarceration (DBI) coming into the light. In Michigan, the death penalty is...
The Real Resurrection By Travis John Wolfkill (Iowa)
They must still believe in Santa and his reindeer When they say prisons are now more humane Our pain is plain here, decades of isolation The degradation of a nation divided, The mainstream of Joe Biden and his Royal Highness. In the meantime, the other side is...
“Against The Odds” by Antwann Johnson (Missouri)
For A Worthy Cause My name is Antwann Johnson #524659, and I felt compelled to share with you my personal experience with the COVID-19 pandemic while being incarcerated. To be perfectly honest with you, what I've witnessed through my eyes has changed my life forever....
Free Taylor
Taylor is serving LWOP since the age of 20 he is rehabilitated, we ask for a release date. Sign this Petition What is this petition about? by Taylor Conley Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support. I have some news I would like to share with you. My...
Free Antwann
Fight for Antwann Johnson: An Innocent Man serving Life without Parole Sign this Petition On September 3rd, 1997, Antwann Johnson was arrested, questioned, then charged with 1st Degree Murder through an unjust system, and sentenced to Life without Parole for something...
Free Jim Fussell
YOU DECIDE MY FATE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRUE SECOND CHANCE. Sign the Petition A petition from James Fussell, Jr. A154-973, to the Ohio Parole Board, & those forgiving individuals in society who believe in second chances, a plea, to support this petition. Second...
Free Tekur
Fight for Tékur Andessa, serving 109 years for armed robberies Sign Petition Now Jamie Lamont Miles, now Tekur Andessa, didn't shoot anybody, didn't kill nor did rape, didn't even scratch anybody. His armed robberies only included: The presence of a firearm.A demand...
Letter from the Editor
Hello and welcome friends and family. Thank you for joining us in another edition of Designed Conviction the Magazine. This is a milestone for our 12th quarterly issue, making it three years and running. Thank you so much for all our loyal readers and subscribers. If...
The Things We Say
by Richard Thomas Watkins I sit daily In my little part of this world and listen to those around me who talk… and talk… and talk. . . and never say anything of substance. They share “war stories” with others of who they once were; they have no concept of what it means...