40 year old prison gaurd, 10 year vetran wife, two kids, mortgage, ect.. Great guy friendly, not dope mule, doesn't beat the cons and treats them with respect and compassion.
Now 46 year old 3 strike violent, sexual predator, muderer. Has 4 ex-wives unknown child count, fights, bullys, and generally makes life tough for all on his cell block.
Why is this a deliberation? There are no pluses in the criminals favor. No quandry at all.
Who has problems with this one?
I do.
I will disregard the age difference for a minute, since this
quickly devolved into a discussion of socially redeeming qualities.
Since this is fiction, here's the rest of the story ...
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The compassionate, model citizen prison guard, is on the take. He is a sympathizer and snitch for the Aryan Nation. He has $130,000 in savings with a bank in an off-shore account. He has a mistress. Even though he doesn't directly abuse any convict (or inmate), he delves out privileges to those who pay. In the past three years he has gained weight and now weighs 220 lbs at 5'9". His wife and he are near divorce because of money problems. She just informed him that she has found another, more financially responsible man with whom to spend the rest of her life. His
mistress has told him much the same thing.
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The 46 year old 3 strike violent, sexual predator, muderer. Has 4 ex-wives unknown child count, fights, bullys, and generally makes life tough for all on his cell block
The violent, murdering, sexual predator, is in prison for twenty years on a RICO charge. He is an
outlaw biker and as such was labeled potentially violent at induction on this latest stay at the pleasure of the federal government. He has been legally married twice, first at age 19. He lost this first wife to drug abuse and an overdose. No children. Circumstances in her death, pertaining to drug use and dealing small amounts of smoke, led to his first incarceration when barely aged 21 years. He was out at age 26. When he went in, he was snot-nosed, self-centered kid. Now he is hard man to deal with, but not a kid any more. He gets work as a forklift driver in a dept store distribution center warehouse. He starts riding with an
outlaw biker gang. He meets another woman. and gets married. They soon have two children. A burglary occurs at their meager apartment one night. Wife is shot dead, children hurt, he thinks they are dead. He is wounded also. In pursuit, he kills the burglar in public. Witnesses testify that he shot the man in cold blood. He was not armed, but although wounded, he disarmed and killed him with his own handgun. He was 30 years old at the time. He gets out after 6 years when testimony that wasn't permitted in the trial comes to light: He had ceased pursuit of the burglar ... that's when the burglar came back to shoot him. The 30 year old biker had managed to overcome his attacker and kill him on the spot. Blood tests on the accused burglar showed copious ammounts of PCP. The biker's blood test showed that he had been drinking, but he wasn't legally at the DUI level. His children had been
placed with foster parents. He was not allowed to visit them or locate them, even after his exoneration. He goes back to forklift driving and starts working again. He doesn't have a lot of time for socializing, but after the way his biker
brothers stood by him for the six years in the state pen, he starts riding with them again and meets another woman. He doesn't want to marrry. He is dedicated to riding and his so-called brotherhood. She sticks with him and they have a little girl. At 38 he marries the woman. They have a little girl. After one year, the woman moves on and leaves him. He hears that she is pregnant, but never finds out for sure. He is still riding with his
outlaw gang club brothers. He is almost 40 years old. Two years later, he is in a bar with two of his
biker gang brothers, when a local ruffian comes in and shoots one of his brother in the back then points the handgun at our character. The third brother fires first and the attacker is dead on the scene. In this state, it is legal to carry in a bar. A compatriot of the attacker picks up the dropped handgun and fires wildly, wounding three bystanders. Our character grabs a pool cue and smacks the shooter on the head, killing him. Both bikers are held until every patron on the scene is interviewed and gives the same story. They defended themselves. The brother who returned fire was determined to have a carry permit. His handgun and permit were returned. They were both released. No charges were made. Our character is nearly 43 years old.
One year later, riding in a pack down an interstate in, let's say, Florida, when a police roadblock stops the pack for a search. Drug task force. DEA is on the scene. There are 12 riders in the pack. Two of them have small ziplock baggies of smoke (marijuana). One has a small Altoids can of skootch ... BINGO! They all are taken in and charged with trafficking under RICO. Seven of the riders are eventually released. Five are kept under RICO and drug trafficking charges. Our character is one of them. The drug dog alerted on his bike and several small pieces of marijuana were found in one of his saddle bags.
A year later, our character and three of his brothers are convicted and inducted into the federal correction system. One of the five got off.
Our character, roadname "Nightmare" was sent to FCI (Federal Correctional Institute) Fort Dix, PO Box 7000, Bldg 5841, West Fort Dix, NJ 08640. His number is 01605-159. When questioned at the original arrest, he stated that he didn't know how many children he had fathered, not because he didn't care and not because he had abandoned any of his off spring, but because he truly didn't know.
Inside Nightmare commanded and demanded respect. No debts went unpaid. He was fiercely loyal to his brothers. He had a reputation of fairness and also one of violence. He was wounded defending the 40 year old prison guard against another violent convict because they had established a truce and that was as close as anyone that wasn't a brother ever got to Nightmare. Why would Nightmare put himself in a position to take an attack to defend a
screw? Because he knew the difference between right and wrong. He also knew the difference between what's legal and what's right. He didn't know all the differences between that prison guard's life and his, but now you do.
One thing's for sure. Nightmare could have made different choices in his life.
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What stereotype will I see next on this board?
