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Letters from Sing Sing

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Letters from Sing Sing

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4.93.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

JJ turns 40. Jon gets in trouble. Dan receives a mysterious envelope with missing police reports.

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0:00.0

Today is my son's 40th birthday, which I didn't think I would be spending it in a visit

0:15.2

with him in jail, but I usually try to spend his birthday with him.

0:21.2

It's November 11th, 2015.

0:23.9

J.J.'s mom Maria is driving to see him at Sincsing.

0:26.7

We're lucky this year he has a visit today, so I'm on my way to visit him and wish him

0:33.0

happy birthday.

0:34.6

I just wish it was on the different circumstances, but we'll just keep pushing forth.

0:42.6

It's been one year since J.J. sent me that devastating letter, the one he'd written at four in

0:48.2

the morning and despair after finding out a judge had denied his request for a hearing.

0:53.3

That letter was a turning point for me.

0:56.6

I knew that something had changed in my relationship with J.J.

1:00.3

When I read it, I was afraid for him.

1:03.1

My date line story about J.J. had already aired and there wasn't another one planned,

1:07.8

but I was more committed than ever to keep going.

1:12.6

After the judge's denial, J.J.'s lawyers filed an appeal.

1:16.3

As J.J. waited, time was passing.

1:19.3

By his 40th birthday, he'd been locked up for nearly 18 years.

1:25.9

Maria says over time, it's gotten harder to visit him.

1:31.0

Actually, my visits have gotten less and less. I don't like seeing him there.

1:38.6

He's gotten old.

1:41.6

And every time I see him, it hurts.

1:43.3

And when I think about the fact that he's lost all those years,

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