(I am writing excerpts from my criminal trial.) After the initial shock of being in the courtroom and seeing first hand what it’s like to be “on trial”, I had to own that given the circumstances, it’s where I chose to be. Now, I had to behave my way through it. I wasn’t quite sure … read more
Archives for July 2020
Freedom And July 4th
Freedom is something I sat and thought about more than ever this year around July 4th. There were more than enough reasons to do so. I get a bit overwhelmed by how important and fragile freedom has become to me. There was a stretch of time when I was being prosecuted for a crime I … read more
Trial Begins
After over a year, the inevitable took place. I was going to trial. You prepare for it for what seems like forever, but the day before it begins you can’t imagine that you are ready or that it is actually happening. The problem is that you will never be ready. It seemed like I was … read more
