Hello, my name is Shawn and growing up I was taught to help your fellow man, of course, if you’re able to. I was taught the same thing in church. Also was taught the innocent will prevail the evidence or lack of evidence & the truth will set you free. LOL, I don’t believe most of that.
Well, one day I was on Craigslist and I saw an ad that said ” I’m not sure if I’m gay or straight. I saw the same thing when I opened the ad. A friend of a friend was going through pretty much the same as the person on the ad, except the friend of a friend committed suicide because he felt he had nobody to talk to or turn to and thought that friends and family would shun him and walk away. That pushed him over the edge and he killed himself. The ad didn’t say anything sexual or even how old he was but that suicide in high school came rushing back and I didn’t want this personn to kill himself. My friend began texting him saying nothing sexual in any way and the same for me, nothing sexual because for one that’s not what it was about. He would ask how do you know if you are gay or straight? I tried to explain it and he would ask what his mom and dad will say and his friends. I told him your parents will always love you. It might shock them a little. If your friends walk away from you because of being gay then they were not your friends in the first place. During the conversation, he mentioned he’s 14 years old but I didn’t think of that. I was trying to keep a person from committing suicide. He was worried about sex because he said he had a five-inch penis, I told him at 14 your body is still growing and you are too young to be thinking or worrying about that.
This conversation went on for three days. On the third day, he called me. In that last conversation, he asked if we could talk in person. I said only in a public place like Denny’s which was around the corner from his supposed location and said there’s a park across the street from where he lived. I told him again only in a public place just to talk right? He said yes. We never said anything sexual. There were no pictures exchanged, because I’m not interested in kids, and it wasn’t about that. I go there thinking I’m getting through to him that he won’t commit suicide. I pull up in my pickup and get out and sit down at the picnic table and texted him thinking he was in his house till I got to the park. Then bam cops grabbed me and put me on the ground handcuffed and arrested me. I asked what I did. He kept saying you know what you did.
Long story short in jail I was the only one out of the 12 people standing shoulder to shoulder and after the strip search, they put me in a cell with no clothes on, no bars except a 4″ by 6″ window on the solid door & no toilet just a hole in the concrete all they gave me was a blanket.
My lawyer didn’t do anything he said he was going to do. My lawyer and the district attorney played games in court where you say you are innocent or guilty. My lawyer told me just before court began that the district attorney wants 4 years in prison but she will take 1 year in jail and 3 years probation. My heart sank. My eyes welled up because I knew if I went to trial all the jury had to hear was what the case was about and they will say guilty even though I’m completely innocent. Also, if I go to prison somebody in there will kill me once they find out what I was charged and convicted of.
I went to an attorney in the Bay Area and he reviewed my case for 1 week and said. “there’s nothing sexual in here and there’s no crime committed at all”. I couldn’t afford his fees and here I am 8 years later innocent and convicted and on the registry, I live in fear every day that I’ll be told to move then I’ll be homeless, and/or a vigilante will try to kill me. The registry and the label of being an offender have beat me down so far that I’ve just about given up.
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