Tag: forgiveness
member name: Arnie King
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April 16, 2006 10:22 PM EDT --
At a recent program meeting, I listened to a woman share a story of loss, pain, recovery and survival. Her mother was killed in the Midwest by two youths about five years ago. The initial feeling of . . .
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April 16, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
I dropped out of high school at 17, shot and killed an innocent man at 18 and entered Walpole State Prison at 19, barely avoiding the death penalty. I try each and every day to do something that . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:47 PM EST --
My plan was to come to Boston to purchase marijuana and pills, but (unknown to me) I was dealing with the devil. It was late on a Tuesday night, in October 1971, and I was almost running out of drugs. . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:21 PM EST --
It's difficult to write about physical scars. Each one has it's own story. Though oftentimes painful, my scars connect me to my past, which I cannot ignore. For . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
Over 95% of all prisoners will eventually return to the community. The amount of years in prison, which varies depending upon crime and background information, is determined . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:39 PM EST --
Everyone comes into this world with a clean slate. Brand new, fresh, without guilt or sin! This is the way we all step in. But all good things come to an end, eventually. I was no different than any infant . . .
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April 17, 2006 09:14 PM EDT --
Most prisoners rarely use the visiting center. They may never see the inside design and settings. Although for some it is the social hub for interaction with family members and friends, there is a contingent . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:14 PM EST --
It was Fall, 1984, and I had recently been transferred to minimum security placement. Finally, I was distancing myself from prison violence, peer pressure, and portraying masculine images. I believed . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:29 PM EST --
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," reads the sign over Hades.
Over two million human beings are confined inside prisons and jails in this country. Most . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
If I am to return to society, how would you want me to be?
Approximately 90% of the Massachusetts prisoners will (someday) be released to the community. In 1994, 3,763 prisoners were either paroled, general . . .
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April 25, 2006 10:09 PM EDT --
Someone once said that if it was meant to be, then it should definitely happen. This statement refers to karma, fate, even God's will to be done. But what about an unsuccessful effort? Was God's . . .
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