WEBVTT - Righteous Anger

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<v Speaker 1>Dear Governor is a production of I Heart Media and

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<v Speaker 1>three Months Media. Dear Governor Newsom, Dear Mr Governor Newsom.

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<v Speaker 1>This is an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Dear

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Newson Public. The second to last stop on the

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<v Speaker 1>cradle to prison pipeline and the very last stop before

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<v Speaker 1>juvenile offenders are sent to adult prison is the California

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<v Speaker 1>Youth Authority, charged with a series of offenses including skipping school, petty,

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<v Speaker 1>burglary and joy riding and stolen cars. At age fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis was sentenced to the c y A in Stockton, California,

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<v Speaker 1>a seven hour drive north from his Long Beach neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 1>This was an ample distance from his homies and former

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<v Speaker 1>life of crime to give him a new perspective on

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<v Speaker 1>self worth and potential. It was in Stockton for several

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<v Speaker 1>years that Jarvis earned his high school diploma and started

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<v Speaker 1>believing he may have a chance after all. But in time,

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<v Speaker 1>the lure of family and the familiar became too much

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<v Speaker 1>to bear, and little McCrae, once again a personal mentee

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<v Speaker 1>of Jarvis and an actor the Truth Workers Theater Company,

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<v Speaker 1>reading from Jarvis's autobiography that bird has My wings. I

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<v Speaker 1>struggled with this feeling of wanting to be with my

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<v Speaker 1>family and knowing where it will lead. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>return to who I was, to the life I knew

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<v Speaker 1>well all his pitfalls Southern California felt more real than

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<v Speaker 1>the life I was trying to create for myself at Stockton.

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<v Speaker 1>My visit home had loosened my resolve and made me

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<v Speaker 1>question all the good reasons I had sustained in Stockton

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<v Speaker 1>and winning a new life. I was losing everything that

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<v Speaker 1>connected me to my identity. Angrily, my mind stumbled and said,

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<v Speaker 1>of rational for letting go like a dolphine who makes

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<v Speaker 1>up any excuse to just hang on the street corner

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a fix. I just I could be at them,

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<v Speaker 1>fool like the rest of them. To pay for a

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<v Speaker 1>bus ride down to his old stomping grounds, Jarvis sold

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<v Speaker 1>his most prized possession, his high school diploma, and he

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<v Speaker 1>recommitted to a life of the damn fool behavior that

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<v Speaker 1>eventually landed him in San Quentin Prison. Let's call, and

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<v Speaker 1>your telephone number will be monitored and recorded. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>get it right, you know, I couldn't get it right,

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis Masters, I just couldn't get it right. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I was frustrated. I didn't want to I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to go back out to Los Angeles because I was

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<v Speaker 1>placed a Paris doctor and when I went down there,

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<v Speaker 1>losers to live. It was the worstest mistake I ever made,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew it, and I didn't do nothing about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So this night year old kids, you went around any

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<v Speaker 1>more people that he hadn't seen for many, many years,

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<v Speaker 1>and she walked away from a lot of things that

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<v Speaker 1>he knew right off that that, you know, his minds

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<v Speaker 1>me trained not to mess with, you know, guns and dope,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I walked away from that. But then everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>we went, it was right there at me. So I

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<v Speaker 1>started helping my brother out. You know, he was selling

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<v Speaker 1>herouina at that time, and he showed me where where

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<v Speaker 1>all the guns were, you know, and he gave me

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<v Speaker 1>a few, and I never gave him back to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever shoot anybody before? You know what? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I did. No, I shot at someone. Yeah, I shot

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<v Speaker 1>at someone. But that's a story. And that bird has

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<v Speaker 1>my wings. Where these guys coming back to me and

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<v Speaker 1>another guy and we just got tired of being followed Chase,

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<v Speaker 1>so we came around the building with its blazy. The

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<v Speaker 1>next day we learned that we fired bullets into the house.

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<v Speaker 1>The car had been parked in front of There have

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<v Speaker 1>been children in the house. Bullets had come closer, hitting

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<v Speaker 1>while they slept. I thought, we're horrid about what almost done.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagined the children in the house as my nephews

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<v Speaker 1>asleep in their bedroom. I could have killed them. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been given the miracle. I didn't have to live with

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<v Speaker 1>the pain of having killed a child or anyone in

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<v Speaker 1>the car either. I couldn't name where I felt. It

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<v Speaker 1>was beyond the great. At some point I was out

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<v Speaker 1>of control. I got out of control and I kept

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<v Speaker 1>doing these robbery things, and they kept going on and

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<v Speaker 1>on and on until I eventually got caught and they

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<v Speaker 1>convicted me for a whole bunch of robberies that I

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<v Speaker 1>did within the span up two months. And that was

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<v Speaker 1>just that anger, you know, and dealt with. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of anger I hadn't righteously dealt with, and I

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<v Speaker 1>put myself in a position where I act out on it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was definitely not me, but I own it, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So at the time, did you feel any remorse for

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<v Speaker 1>crimes or were you not even that awake to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to know I didn't feel no remorse. Remorse was

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<v Speaker 1>not something that I knew how to deal with, because

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<v Speaker 1>when you talk about remorse, a lot of that comes

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<v Speaker 1>up when you're alone, when there's no distractions where someone

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<v Speaker 1>is telling you to feel that way, and someone's not

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<v Speaker 1>telling you to feel that way. I never had that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of time to really sit with things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I was always around people who have done far worse,

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<v Speaker 1>are far less. We judge each other because we all

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<v Speaker 1>were doing something wrong. So no, I did not know

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<v Speaker 1>what remorse meant. You know, I know I felt sad

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<v Speaker 1>by the fears that I created on people's faces because

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that then in many many ways, on many

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<v Speaker 1>ways that we don't understand our life. In an ironic way,

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<v Speaker 1>it helped me get to a place which had to

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<v Speaker 1>be here said, I found myself. I found detaining hurt,

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<v Speaker 1>and I found what it was like to experience someone

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<v Speaker 1>being robbed. You know, I got to the point where

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<v Speaker 1>I was being robbed by something and it was scary.

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<v Speaker 1>It was real scary. What was the initial sentence? Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one years twenty one years for sixteen Council of our robbery. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and they said we were sending you to Saint Quentin.

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<v Speaker 1>San Quentin State Prison, Maximum Security correctional facility for men,

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<v Speaker 1>opened in eighteen fifty four, California's oldest prison, the state's

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<v Speaker 1>only facility that conducts executions, is ironically situated overlooking the

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<v Speaker 1>serene beauty that there's a San Francisco Bay. In the eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>when Jarvis was first incarcerated, it was an extremely dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>place to be. Violence was a daily ritual. A riot

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<v Speaker 1>erupted in two that required more than twenty shotgun blasts

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<v Speaker 1>in order to subdue the revolt. Twenty two inmates and

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<v Speaker 1>four corrections officers were seriously injured as a result. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it as violent now as it was back in the eighties. No,

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<v Speaker 1>not at all, not at all. It's not violence, No,

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<v Speaker 1>not at all, not even close. I've been an observer

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<v Speaker 1>that that that you know, this thing here, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's so many things that changes the culture. I

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<v Speaker 1>honestly think someone in the Department of correct this is

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<v Speaker 1>in a state of shots. See how giving it makes

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to communicate with their families and ways that

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<v Speaker 1>are conducive to that families life schedule. Being there to

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<v Speaker 1>see their kids and their grandkids born or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>at graduations. And you know, I'm talking about what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>basically talking about access to phones, cell phones, regular phones.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that day you didn't have that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and right now you have that. And you know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>not finding weapons, you finding cell phones. You're not finding

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of drugs, you finding cell phones, You're not

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<v Speaker 1>finding a lot of fights, You're not finding none of

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<v Speaker 1>those things because people are reconnecting to their life, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to the life they left and to the life they

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<v Speaker 1>have now. Currently in California, it costs a dollar twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three to make a five minute call from prison, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's a medium cost compared to other states. The Prison

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<v Speaker 1>Policy Initiative recommends reducing phone costs or making calls altogether

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<v Speaker 1>free to help inmates keep in touch with their families,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most effective factors when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>eliminating recidivism. Guy says, you know, what do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to do? You want to go out there for you

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<v Speaker 1>spend time with your daughter and your new grass, and

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<v Speaker 1>do you want to go out there and have this

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<v Speaker 1>thing going down on a lower yard somewhere. Everybody's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>want to speak with their families. And to use that

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<v Speaker 1>as a restriction was always a wrong love. But to

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<v Speaker 1>use it as a way of an alternative was the

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<v Speaker 1>right move. And I think they turn that right and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the right way. There's not so much fall privileges. It's

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<v Speaker 1>fall and access. For example, the phone wheel and right now,

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<v Speaker 1>the one we're talking on right now, it is very

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<v Speaker 1>expensive to talk for five minutes, especially for a family

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<v Speaker 1>who doesn't have that kind of money, and old are

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<v Speaker 1>the families that are usually have with someone in prison, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>to give that person access to talk into his family,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, uh, to provide him with an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>do that in ways where you know, it's like you

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<v Speaker 1>can speak generations of your family nowadays. That's special. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think they really really understand how special that is.

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<v Speaker 1>Sister Helen Prejeon, author of dead Man Walking Rights. Jarvis j.

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<v Speaker 1>Masters was set on a dangerous course which eventually brought

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<v Speaker 1>him to death Row. Somehow, within those walls, he now

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrates divine grace in his daily life and by the

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<v Speaker 1>cautionary tales he shares. I asked Jarvis, after a lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>of what he called damn fool behavior, what was the

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<v Speaker 1>impetus for him to change? I started reading these books

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<v Speaker 1>about masculinity and where's the man and the boy? The

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<v Speaker 1>boy and the man? How do we find ourselves? And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the environments we live in and what we

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<v Speaker 1>do to imitate being with a mass supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>based on what we've been told. So I was reading

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these books, and a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>books were both Ferry. They were all sort of had

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<v Speaker 1>a spiritual net on them. I started reading these books

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<v Speaker 1>and they were really good books for me to read

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<v Speaker 1>because they really started to tear away what I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I should look like sound I can be like, how

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<v Speaker 1>did you think you should be back when you were

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen twenty? Oh? Man, I don't post picture from nobody.

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<v Speaker 1>I do my own thing, you know, and I post too,

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<v Speaker 1>be a glass of I define what my man is

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<v Speaker 1>to me, you know. I don't care about standards are

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<v Speaker 1>there what people might think that I need to be.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there was a whole prison culture thing where

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<v Speaker 1>there's certain obligations you have just by what we say

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<v Speaker 1>our man who's being threatened. I had a chair down

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of that stuff, and that was a very

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<v Speaker 1>scary part because those were all layers of shields that

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<v Speaker 1>I had created, fashion may, personalize, customize that kept me

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<v Speaker 1>from showing my true self. So I was pulling away

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<v Speaker 1>those layers, man, becoming more vulnerable to this and valuing

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<v Speaker 1>the idea that I can cry, learning how to openly

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<v Speaker 1>have more appreciation for things that that I never thought

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<v Speaker 1>I should have given some value to. You know that

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<v Speaker 1>that that authentic human being that there's a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>layers to me than to get there, you know, see right,

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<v Speaker 1>each layer gives a different shade of sun. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I I was trying to really find where I fit in.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're young and vulnerable like that, you want to

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<v Speaker 1>know where you fit in. You want to fit in

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<v Speaker 1>with the tough guys, but then there's something that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>fit with the tough guys, and you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>fit with the guys who not tough because there's something

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<v Speaker 1>they'll fit with that. So you have to find where

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<v Speaker 1>you are. For me, I had wherever I was. I

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<v Speaker 1>had to learn how to respect that as a starting point.

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<v Speaker 1>So what else I wanted to do with that? So

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<v Speaker 1>I had a lot of restarts, man, you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I used to call them, restarts. Let's do this

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<v Speaker 1>all over again, make it yours. You're given a response

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<v Speaker 1>to something you have six you know, you only respond

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<v Speaker 1>because this is how everybody else responds. How would you

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<v Speaker 1>really want to say that? Because there's the things that

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<v Speaker 1>you know. For me, they were like sort of like

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<v Speaker 1>how assisitions that are conversations that are built around matress

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<v Speaker 1>sort of you know, they were like asking me to

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<v Speaker 1>repeat something to hear get over again to know that

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<v Speaker 1>you know what was you really trying to stay with it? Hi? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I speak with Jeffrey rot Linke's Hello. Hi Jeffrey. Yes, Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>my name is Corny Cole, and we're creating a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>that is focusing on the life of Jarvis Masters. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm expecting your phone call. Wonderful. I've been a

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<v Speaker 1>practicing attorney for about a little over forty five years,

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. My main area of interest has been

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<v Speaker 1>criminal defense, murders and capital murders, you know, like Jarvis's case.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell me what you remember when you first met Jarvis.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I met him probably in the latter part

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<v Speaker 1>of or the early part of ninety eight, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was up at San Quentin Prison and he was very

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<v Speaker 1>closed very kind of steeped in the in the prison

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<v Speaker 1>gang culture, noncommunicative with with me, with us. He was

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<v Speaker 1>in a very different kind of lifestyle and culser um.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I remember when I when I first met him,

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<v Speaker 1>he saw his demeanor change. Tell me how how he changed. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he began to open up. He became much more communicative,

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<v Speaker 1>He became softer and more self confident, much more friendly

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<v Speaker 1>with with the defense team, Michael Satris and the other

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<v Speaker 1>people investigators and experts and so on that we had retained.

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<v Speaker 1>While he was doing that in the same process of

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<v Speaker 1>kind of um, you know, leaving behind or getting out

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<v Speaker 1>of the gang, the prison gang culture um. And by

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<v Speaker 1>the time we got the trial, he was he was

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<v Speaker 1>almost like a different person. This is an open letter

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<v Speaker 1>to Governor Gavin Newsom from Marty Krasny of Saslito. Dear

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Newsom, first off, thank you and congratulations for your

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<v Speaker 1>courageous and admirable decision to establish a moratorium on the

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<v Speaker 1>death penalty in California. It's in that context that I

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<v Speaker 1>am writing now with particular attention to the case of

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis Masters. I can always to pendle Marty. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he he got my back. That's one thing at all

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<v Speaker 1>the people I know, Marity has my back, There's no

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<v Speaker 1>doubt about it, and I have some much respect for him.

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<v Speaker 1>A condemned inmate at San Quentin State Prison whom I

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<v Speaker 1>believe was wrongly convicted as an accessory to a murderer

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<v Speaker 1>at San Quentin, in which he had refused to participate

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<v Speaker 1>the gang perpetrated slaying of Sergeant Howell Birchfield, two tiers

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<v Speaker 1>away from where Jarvis was locked in his cell. I've

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<v Speaker 1>known Jarvis masters for more than twenty years since his

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<v Speaker 1>conversion to Buddhism while he was housed in the adjustment

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<v Speaker 1>center at San Quentin following the murder conviction. We have

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<v Speaker 1>been in my life. Marty is one of the smartest

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<v Speaker 1>people after ever. Ever, I didn't even think people like

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<v Speaker 1>Marty exists. Is always depended on him to tell me

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. My wife, Pamela Krasnye, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner

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<v Speaker 1>for the last forty years of her life, a long

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<v Speaker 1>time social justice activist and a member from its inception

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<v Speaker 1>of the board of Naruropa, the Buddhist inspired university in

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<v Speaker 1>both To, Colorado, initially met Jarvis through our friend, the

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<v Speaker 1>revered American born Buddhist nun and writer Pama Children. Subsequently,

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<v Speaker 1>Pamela visited Jarvis at least twice monthly until her death

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<v Speaker 1>in June, and she became like a surrogant mother to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically said, I have a friend that you really really

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<v Speaker 1>was going to like and she's been my friend for many,

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<v Speaker 1>many years. Her name is Pamela, and she wants to

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<v Speaker 1>come see I say, cool, I can always get another visit. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>get me out of myself. And we start talking and

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<v Speaker 1>she said, I'm gonna bring my son, Parker to come

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<v Speaker 1>see you. And she had a lot of good stories

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<v Speaker 1>about Parker. Our son. Parker Krasnye, who has worked for

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<v Speaker 1>the last five years on criminal justice policy in the

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<v Speaker 1>Office of the Mayor of New York City, has known

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<v Speaker 1>and advocated for Jarvis since high school. Parker is one

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<v Speaker 1>of those people that you know, it's always going to

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<v Speaker 1>be your best friend no matter where he's at, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's I've always thought of him that way, even though

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<v Speaker 1>we don't communicate as often. He's always going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the best friend. That's someone who uh will always be

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<v Speaker 1>universedy and what happens to me ain't care about me

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<v Speaker 1>in that very way. You will likely hear from other

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<v Speaker 1>supporters of Jarvis about his transformation from an angry and

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive young street criminal who was justifiably convicted for robbery

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<v Speaker 1>and served his time for it, to a model prison

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<v Speaker 1>resident to whom both prisoners and guards turned for wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>and perspective, and the author of two highly regarded autobiographical

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<v Speaker 1>books used in high school and college curriculous throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. Since Jarvis's trial, fellow gang member inmates who

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<v Speaker 1>falsely witnessed against him under the threat of violent retribution

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<v Speaker 1>haveverson did their testimony, and one of the world's leading

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<v Speaker 1>forensic linguists has stated that he is virtually on certain

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<v Speaker 1>that the kites introduced as evidence of Jarvis's complicity are

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<v Speaker 1>not his diction and were similarly dictated to him by

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<v Speaker 1>gang enforcers. None of that would hold sway if Jarvis

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<v Speaker 1>were guilty of the death of Sergeant Birchfield, but he isn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite Simply, I believe that the conviction resulted from a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect storm conversions involving a media fan public fear of

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<v Speaker 1>African American criminality in predominantly white nineteen eighties Marin County,

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<v Speaker 1>a dishonest prisons snitch, corrupt enforcement officers and gang leaders

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<v Speaker 1>seeking to enforce the chain of command and control against

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<v Speaker 1>an independent and recalcitant young member who had somehow found

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<v Speaker 1>his moral compass. You and I, Gavin, have met over

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<v Speaker 1>the years. I chaired the Democratic Committee in Marin and

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<v Speaker 1>Sonoma County, then Assembly District four for a number of

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<v Speaker 1>years at the beginning of the century, and I have

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<v Speaker 1>been active and geo executive and corporate manager in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Area, including service on various philanthropic and educational boards.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be a bold move to Exonera H. R.

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<v Speaker 1>Vis Masters, and it would not give him back the

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<v Speaker 1>decades that he has lived at San Quentin after a

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<v Speaker 1>grave miscarriage of justice and a flawed conviction, but it

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<v Speaker 1>would be the right thing to do, and it would

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<v Speaker 1>enable this innocent man approaching age sixty to spend the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of his life in freedom, working productively for social benefit.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for considering it, with admiration, gratitude, and warm regards,

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<v Speaker 1>Marty Krasny. As we continue to anxiously await the California

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court opinion on Jarvis's final state appeal, will he

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<v Speaker 1>finally be exonerated or will they confirm the death penalty sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>Next week, Jarvis will open up about his very personal

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<v Speaker 1>opinion on capital punishment and what that feels like from

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<v Speaker 1>the inside of death row. In addition, we'll hear from

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<v Speaker 1>the esteemed Buddhist teacher and best selling author Pema Chodren.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's episode was written and produced by Donni Fazzari and myself,

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<v Speaker 1>Corny Cole. Our theme song sentenced his compliments of the

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<v Speaker 1>band Stick Figure from their album Set in Stone. Excerpts

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<v Speaker 1>from Jarvis's memoir That Bird Has My Wings, a Harper

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<v Speaker 1>One publication, were read by m Little McCrae, a member

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<v Speaker 1>of the Truth Worker Theater Company. To learn more about

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<v Speaker 1>the outstanding work they do, please visit truth Worker dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Stu Sternbach composed the original music. Nate Defort did the

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<v Speaker 1>sound design. Visit Free Jarvis dot org to find out

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<v Speaker 1>more about Jarvis's case. To sign your name to our

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