It was 1995.

I was 17.

Four of us together we drove to a different county, pulled county to be exact and we was

involved in the on-broadvery of a local KFC.

No one got hurt but it was a regrettable decision that I made back at the time.

I was 17 years old.

We all had got away but over the course of time people talking, one thing led to another

and the Polk County detectives discovered who actually did it.

We were all arrested and sent to Polk County and I received a sentence of three years

of minimum mandatory with 11 months followed by two years' probation.

When I got this sentence I was actually 18.

I committed the crime when I was 17 but I got sentenced when I turned 18.

There was no discussion about losing any voting rights or civil rights or anything of that

nature there.

The only thing that judge asked me really hit it and asked me anything.

He just gave me the sentence.

It was very blunt.

A couple years in when I was actually in prison you get around other individuals and they tell

you what you can and can't do and what type of privileges you have lost.

You don't hear about these particular stories until a person is prepared to be released

and they start thinking about the things that they can actually do to support themselves

when they get out.

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