Texas' Deathrow

[dotinthesky]

I've stumbled upon the journal of a man who has been on deathrow for 8 years, charles_mamou.

It reads as a legitimate account, but I also wonder if it's fiction.

Comments

[littlelamb.livejournal.com]

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/mamoucharles.htm

http://www.myspace.com/row999333

http://www.ronrhoward.org/4_writings_Charles.htm

http://indymedia.us/en/2006/09/19485.shtml

now is it him? it seems to be.

[geosh.livejournal.com]

wow. good research. that article in indymedia is intense. really moving.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I agree... truly moving stuff.

[muftak.livejournal.com]

you think they let you update livejournal from death row?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Clearly it's a violation of someone's human rights to deny them access to LJ?!

[geosh.livejournal.com]

looks like someone else is updating it on his behalf. in the userinfo section it seems to say as much. that it's not charles himself typing. that's the impression i got, anyway. it's intense if real.

[littlelamb.livejournal.com]

i think it is. it's full of spelling errors that seem legitimate. they do give you computer access in prison, but limited.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think it's his daughter, spreading his words as far as she can.

[littlelamb.livejournal.com]

yeah i revised my opinion after looking at the myspace.

[littlelamb.livejournal.com]

oh, i guess on his myspace it says he has no access so someone else is typing up things he's writing. i know some places let prisoners have access to computers, but maybe not death row inmates. his daughter seems to be the person typing up the myspace (chelsea mamou).

[geosh.livejournal.com]

hunh. that's helpful. probably is his daughter. wow. that's wild.

[sbeth76.livejournal.com]

Woah.

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that it will be interesting to start writing a fiction journal... so nobody knew if it's real or it isn't. But well. As always: a lack of time. :(