lba1979

My username is a prisoner number. I was to be imprisoned for the period of time that it took me to realise that my sentence was too long. It didn’t end well, because I realised that my sentence was too long, too soon. I was further punished. The result being that I had to stay in prison longer, well past the point at which I would have realised that my original sentence was too long. If only I had been on my best behaviour, because then I may have been able to realise that my sentence was too long a lot sooner, without further punishment. The final result was me being imprisoned for far longer than the judge originally intended. He thought he was in the wrong, and ordered a retrial. I rejected this request on the grounds that I should have been more hard on myself originally, which would mean that the judge would not have had to be so hard on himself now. He let himself off with a slap on the wrist and wholly suspended his anger at himself for handing out poor sentences. Yet, he was far more lenient from that day forth. During his next sentencing, he allowed a violent criminal to get away with a sentence of three months, counting the five months he had already spent in custody. The judge did the maths and paid for the criminal to have a two month holiday. The criminal, whilst holidaying in Spain, told the media that he understood what he had done was wrong, and would be sure not to be a recidivist. Then adding that if he did reoffend, he would like to spend some time in Japan. I am now happily living life outside of prison. One day I hope to make it home. The gutter outside the prison is not comfortable at all, especially when it rains. Yet, one thing still haunts me, I was innocent from the beginning. C’est la vie.