Crime & Compassion

06/09/2024

Me trying to solve the JonBenét Ramsey case.
or the Idaho 4 case.
or the Robert Wone case.
or the Zodiac killer case.
or the Garrett Phillips case.

04/09/2024

I need to meet more people in my field. 😆😁 Who are the people and organizations you love to follow with a heart for the incarcerated? 💜 Tell me your favorite social media accounts, nonprofits, email newsletters, podcasts, conferences, I don't care! If it has something to do with helping the incarcerated, I want to know. 👇 Tell me, pretty please!

03/09/2024

Several months ago, I heard a sixty-something woman on a true crime documentary say these words. It instantly pained my heart. It's such a juxtaposition in my mind. I wonder if it worked . . . if she felt she could finally live when they executed that individual.

02/09/2024

"It's really not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems. What's hard is to decide to do it." —Robert Downy Jr.

01/09/2024

The incarcerated women I work with are my #1 priority. And I wouldn't have it any other way. ✒️ Watching these women write their novels in our class these last few months has brought so much into perspective for me. I have big, big dreams that WILL become a reality one day for the incarcerated women I work with, and for the many I have never met. I'm on a mission, and I promise you, I do not have a "give up" bone in my body. 💪 Before I even know it, these students will be holding their own books in their hands. And that, my friend, is only the beginning. 💙

02/08/2024

💙🩵 If you could ask just one question to an inmate sitting on death row, what would you ask? 💙🩵 Tell me in the comments. I have about a hundred questions I'd want to ask! It's hard to narrow it down to just one.

29/07/2024

😍🥰😍 AHHH! Look at how pretty it is! 🥰😍🥰
Next step: 501(c)3 — Any and all advice is appreciated. We are moving along, people! YES!

11/07/2024

📅 TBT! Can someone really find true freedom inside the walls of a notorious prison?
🪖In 1987, David Mike swore allegiance to his country and joined the army—a goal he had worked toward since he was a teenager. His dream quickly slipped through his fingers once ecstasy was placed in his palm. Before he knew it, David was the prime seller of ecstasy on his army base. The army’s criminal division arrested him in 1989, and by 1990, he had landed at Fort Leavenworth—an infamous military prison in Kansas. The final nail in the coffin? David was dishonorably discharged for desertion.
Watch or listen to the show ⬇️
https://crimeandcompassion.substack.com/p/davidmike

10/07/2024

Blink, blink. 🤯

08/07/2024

😮 "My job interview was an ex*****on." Jimmy Martin was a Texas death row chaplain and witness support liaison. In episode 5 of Crime & Compassion Podcast, Jimmy discusses the myths of death row, the emotional toll of hearing inmates' last words, and how revenge turned into forgiveness.
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Watch now | Season 1: Episode 5

07/07/2024

🤯 145 years in prison. That's the combined total of years spent on Oklahoma death row by 11 (!) INNOCENT inmates. Yes, that means 11 death row inmates have been freed because they were found innocent; yet they still sat on death row until exonerated. And 5 death row inmates have been granted clemency. That makes me wonder, "How many innocent death row inmates were executed because they weren't exonerated?"
➡️ Take a look at the official, up-to-date Oklahoma death row list:
https://crimeandcompassion.substack.com/p/okdeathrowlist

07/07/2024

Just because I left the publishing industry doesn't mean I've stopped publishing books. 😜 The women I work with in prison are working so hard in this advanced writing class, and I wanted to create something that would encourage and motivate them. Don't worry—it'll be available on Amazon for everyone. Details coming very soon!