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[kwjd]

hi, i have been on this site a few times of the past few months and have been looking on and off for a DR pen pal but to no avail have i been able to find one.. that I connect to and around my age 27. I have not been silly about the picking process either I have also been looking them up to see what there crimes are as its some thing i really need to now before going in.
I have always wanted to write to some one on death row the strength that they must go through every single day is just something i really couldn't do or comprehend.
When looking I have found that most of them didn't commit there crime.. or have found Jesus which is great but thats just not me.
To be honest I'm finding it hard I now I seem to be rambling on now as there was a point to this that I would like answered. Also id like a DR inmate who doesn't have many or any other pen pals Cant anyone suggest some one to me I don't care what they have done. I don't mind where in the USA there are either. hope some one can help thanks and if there is some one i can pm that would be good as there are a few things id like to ask and speak about many thanks.

[happyhaddock]

This site is not that up to date. You might want to try some of the other sites as well for a penpal.

[briseis]

Hi there,

I've been writing to DR inmates for 5 years now. At the beginning, I just read through the many pen pal appeals and I made an educated guess on who I would be able to befriend. Initially I wrote to 3 inmates, one I connected with straight away and we are still writing regularly, another I wrote to for some time and we still write sporadically and the third I couldn't connect with at all and our correspondence eventually ended. Like any 'friendship', it doesn't always work out.

If a person doesn't reply to your letters it could be that they have been executed or moved to another prison. This site isn't exactly up to date.

Keep reading through the pen pal requests until you find one you might be able to connect with. You can also PM me if you like.

[biglinmarshall]

I don't know how you feel about innocence (from a purely personal point of view I'd find it VERY hard to write to someone who I knew HAD committed an appalling murder - I can't understand people who write to Richard Ramirez, Christa Pike and Charles Manson, for instance) but if you want to write to a couple of death row inmates that I honestly believe ARE innocent I'd suggest Virginia Lazarlere or Linda Carty.

Linda has just lost her latest appeal and she could be the first woman to be executed for quite a while and there are serious doubts about her guilt. Because of the topical nature of her case, and the fact that she is running out of options, I'd probably suggest her as a suitable candidate.

(I do hope the antis here won't mind a wowie like myself muscling in like this but even though I don't write to DR inmates I HAVE considered doing so. I do, incidentally, visit prisoners in Britain regularly and also penpal many more.)