![]() ![]() Hell, as far as the police and the prosecutor and the judge and even my own defense attorney were concerned, I was born guilty. For almost two weeks, they paraded out witnesses and experts and walked us through a chain of custody and exhibits A to Z, all of which I guess gave legitimacy to what was already a foregone conclusion. “Oh, sure, they all went through the motions. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row Do you see what I’m saying, Lester? Do you understand what I’m saying?” I would have never won Wimbledon if I hadn’t gone to death row. Maybe I was born to live most of my life in a five-by-seven so I could travel the world. And I’m sorry, but a man can go crazy trying to make it all fit into some plan. We’re all guilty of something, and we’re all innocent at the same time. And you know what I’ve learned? We’re all the same. I’ve made a home here and a family out of some of the most terrifying men you’d ever meet. And sometimes I think there is no purpose-that this is just the life I was meant to live. I’ve loved and I’ve laughed and I’ve lost God and found God again and wondered for too many hours what the purpose is for me going to death row for something I didn’t do. I’ve played third base for the Yankees and led the league in home runs for ten straight years. ![]()
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