I Hate to See a Man Cry….This Man’s Story of Judicial Hardship

   

I hate to see a man cry. I recently read about a man who had been wrongly convicted, and then acquitted of a crime for which he had spent several years of his life in prison.  A picture of him crying in the court room was displayed in the news article about these events in his life.  As I looked at his picture, I recognized the look on this man’s face. His face revealed the pain of his wrenched heart. Today as I read about his story, I realize that these types of injustices happen all too often in the flawed judicial system of our day.

This man was unjustly convicted of manslaughter and robbery charges, and served nine years in a penitentiary until he was paroled in 1993.  He has been awaiting his acquittal hearing since his release.  Can you imagine the additional hardship he has endured these past sixteen years after his parole – after his life had been permanently ruined?   On October 14^th, 2009 he was acquitted of all accusations raised against him.   Let’s see…..25 years removed from his life all due to dishonesty and injustice, and all in the name of the greater social good. The face of pain and suffering – it is hard to endure! 

 On October 14^th, 2009 a Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney in Kentucky said that this man was innocent of the slaying of a convenience store clerk, and that it was DNA evidence that had led to his acquittal.  Additionally, two eye witnesses had also come forward in the acquittal hearing.  He had served nine years!   I just cannot believe that we allow this type of thing to go on! Why didn’t these witnesses come forward earlier?   This man – I am so hurt by the pain he has endured.  

 I know of another situation where a twelve year old girl was taken by a man and held against her will for four years.   During this time she was used as a sex slave, and as a bonus incentive to entice other drug traffickers into the national drug distribution ring her captor was involved with.  The FBI was aware that this girl had been taken but they did not come to her aide until after four years had passed.  Later she was told that they could not do anything for her during those years because they needed time so that they could acquire the evidence they needed in order to build their case against the drug ring.  This 12 year old girl endured four years of captivity and pain just as the man above and all do to injustices in our legal system which are, quote, “working for the greater social good.”  How many lives will be ruined all in the name of the greater social good?

 I am still in touch with this girl, now a mature woman.   She is one of the kindest persons I have ever met; and her ability to love exceeds any I have ever seen in my life.   I guess when people’s lives are ruined by the authority of injustice in our legal system; the only thing left to cling to amidst the hopelessness is the love of and from a higher plane.  At least that is what she tells me.   She also says on that higher plane; and in a better time, there will be no more injustice waged on mankind all in the name of the social good due to the dishonest legalities of hypocrisy.  The only authority ever present in that time will be the standing authority of love in harmony with life. 

 I don’t know if I will ever be able to understand how she can love in the face of such suffering.   And when I tell her that she simply says, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff!”    Perhaps the things we feel are too difficult in our lives, really are not that bad after all….Let’s not sweat the small stuff; but; PLEASE, as a Nation and as a People, let’s not allow the corruption of legal injustice to ruin our precious lives in the name of a greater social good.  We Must Stand Together in Love if We Want to End Hate and the Injustices of our current judicial system’s misrepresentation of our rights! And we must do this for the REAL SOCIAL GOOD, which is our Freedom and Civil Liberties as Americans.   

 The Undefeated Life

 

 

 

The Purpose of Life Is “Not” Death. Would You Buy a Suicide Kit?

                                         

Last week I turned on my computer and read that the man known as Dr. Death, could possibly be given legal permission by the U.S. Congress to provide the service of self assisted suicide to terminally ill patients, or simply to those that can prove they have good reason to die via the marketing and sale of his world renown “suicide kits” to the general public.  Eight plus years ago a Michigan jury found Dr. Death guilty of second-degree homicide in the assisted death of one of his patients because the jury found that the patient was not physically able to kill himself.   This particular patient had agreed to voluntary euthanasia as due to his health condition he did not want to continue to live.

 

As I considered this article’s statement regarding marketing a suicide kit to the general public, I took great pause, almost to the point of tears, as I thought of the hopeless that is being portrayed in our society.  Why are we looking for a way to kill ourselves?  Do we not understand the “True Purpose of Life?”   I want to say now very clearly, “The Purpose of Life is Not Death; the Purpose of Life is to learn to be Happy in Living, in becoming the Beautiful Person you are destined to be!”   Have we as a society just given up?   Are we looking for a way out of life?   We must feel so burdened with life today if all we feel we have left to do is simply wait for death, or try to hurry it along.   

 

I am not convinced!   I do not accept this false reality that our current civilization would like to propose to me.   I believe that we are capable of finding beautiful essences in life in even a minute of time.  I believe that having even a minute of life, even while ill or in pain, can be a minute that can last a lifetime both in my life or another’s.  Here is how that occurs.  In a minute a woman can give birth to a child, in a minute you can have a memory that makes you smile, in a minute you can hug and kiss your child, in a minute you can take a delicious bite of chocolate cake.  In a minute you can give a homeless person faith, in a minute you can share a moment in time that can bring hope to another life that expands into their eternity, proceeding their time.   There are 60 minutes to an hour, there are 24 hours to a day equaling 1,440 minutes per day, and there are 360 days in a year providing a total of 518 million, 400 thousand minutes to each year of our life.   Just think of how much those minutes can mean to you; and more importantly to those that love you and want to share in your time.  If I had one minute to give you, and that minute was my last, I would not use it to take my life; rather I would use it to say, “I Love You, and my Love transcends time minute by minute.”

 

On February 5th, 2009, following his parole from prison, Dr. Death lectured to students at Nova Southeastern University in Davie , Florida . During this event Dr. Death’s discussion topics consisted of tyranny, the criminal justice system, and politics. Many in the crowd left early because he did not lecture on assisted suicide. Those who stayed did get to hear his thoughts on the topic of euthanasia during a question and answer period.  Mixed reactions concluded this lecture when Dr. Death unveiled an American Flag with a swastika where the field of stars normally resides. He claimed the flag was intended to shock, and that it reminds everyone that this is where America is headed if changes are not made.  

 

I recently read another article stating that this man, who is known world wide as Dr. Death, announced his plans to run for the United States Congress, representing Michigan’s 9^th Congressional District.  I have one minute to put in my vote for life; and I thank the Neothink® Society for helping me understand the true value of each minute in my life of each and every day.

  

The Undefeated Life