Friend of mine that i've known for 30 years has gotten himself in a bit of trouble and i'm at a loss as to how to help him,story goes like this..
Met the guy through a mutual friend some 30 years ago,we hit it off pretty good and my wife got along with his wife and my brother being 15 years younger than me was pals with the guys 2 sons,so for 30yrs we did a lot of fishing trips and BBQ's and ultimately went to the same church every Sunday,the guy was always a hard worker,didnt smoke anything and 1 beer was his limit when socializing.
Then about 5yrs ago the police hauled him off to jail where he is still incarcerated seems when he was 18 he mugged some one got caught and spent 4yrs in jail,whilst on parole his PO told him that he would have to go back to jail as he wasnt finding a job fast enough which is when he bolted to Florida,got a new identity and lived a straight up life for the next 30 years until one of his old aquaintences ratted on him and his life came crashing down and back to jail he went.
He's been back in jail now for 5 years and when i ask him when he might get out he says its "a day to life" scenario because for some reason they have him in the mental ward of a jail
He's now spent close to 10 years in total behind bars and i'm thinking he's more than paid his debt to society but there doesnt seem to be any movement on his ultimate release date,its almost as if the penal system has just forgotten about this guy and he may end up spending the rest of his life behind bars for a mugging where no one got hurt some 40 years ago.Wish i could do something,any one got any ideas?
Met the guy through a mutual friend some 30 years ago,we hit it off pretty good and my wife got along with his wife and my brother being 15 years younger than me was pals with the guys 2 sons,so for 30yrs we did a lot of fishing trips and BBQ's and ultimately went to the same church every Sunday,the guy was always a hard worker,didnt smoke anything and 1 beer was his limit when socializing.
Then about 5yrs ago the police hauled him off to jail where he is still incarcerated seems when he was 18 he mugged some one got caught and spent 4yrs in jail,whilst on parole his PO told him that he would have to go back to jail as he wasnt finding a job fast enough which is when he bolted to Florida,got a new identity and lived a straight up life for the next 30 years until one of his old aquaintences ratted on him and his life came crashing down and back to jail he went.
He's been back in jail now for 5 years and when i ask him when he might get out he says its "a day to life" scenario because for some reason they have him in the mental ward of a jail
He's now spent close to 10 years in total behind bars and i'm thinking he's more than paid his debt to society but there doesnt seem to be any movement on his ultimate release date,its almost as if the penal system has just forgotten about this guy and he may end up spending the rest of his life behind bars for a mugging where no one got hurt some 40 years ago.Wish i could do something,any one got any ideas?