Letter #8 by Roy PippinMarch 19, 2007

March 19, 2007

Monday 3:35 AM

10 days to paradise.

Dear Deborah:

You are one sweet lady! Big J told me he heard you (he thinks) putting out the call for birthday greetings for Kathy Cox. Now why didn't I think of that! Duh! See - we look thru situations with blinders on sometimes. Way to go girl!

I'm kind of worried about you receiving the two huge envelopes of my motions and legal suggestions for death row prisoners inclined to help themselves to see proper form and procedures for filing pro se work. It's a whole lot or work for you or someone to scan or have to re-type in but I hope someone does to where it will be my legacy - to go out trying to help my brothers in need. I just added multiple letters I just finished up. Trying to type a good copy of (grrrrr the PWP is acting up - again) for K-Loc (Kenneth Parr) to get his sorry ass attorneys off his case while someone/anyone can have a chance to help him before it is too late - like, by 4/5/07 or it's too late!! :-(

Last time I typed up something for someone else - the bitches in the mailroom - (you know who YOU are) confiscated it. A new member of my family - via my son's wedding - knows a direct contact to Governor Good Hair 39% Minority Winner, Perry. She offered me a "hand it to the right person" - Deb - I declined - but offered it to Larry Swearingen. Did I already tell you all this? I get lost - short term memory is gone. Anyway - I typed up a letter to her (Monica) and enclosed all of Larry's legal info into the envelope I was mailing out. That was 6 days before his date, a Friday morning mailout. Tuesday the sorry tramps brought me my envelope & withheld Larry's plea for his life. No Deb, I'm not kidding at all. They said I was not allowed to mail out another prisoner’s legal mail. So, it did not get delivered. It has NEVER been returned. They refused to allow me to mail it to Nancy. It's TDCJ "playing God" with men's life.

Monica was frantic because I'd written a separate letter explaining "I felt Larry was innocent" and his situation called for that type plea to get additional time to file actual innocence claims. She was to meet Nancy to immediately take the plea to her person with direct contact to Perry. It never happened. Low and behold - Larry forces his attorneys to file scientific proof of his innocence & he got a stay 24 hours before he would have been killed. Ya think Monica believes I know what I'm talking about? (smile)

But it shows that TDCJ is part of the prosecution team and will do anything to get a kill. Larry calmed me down before I went postal on the tramp at my door. By the way they can't write me up for describing these young ladies as tramps. They switch guards like they change their shoes. One is screwing 3 or 4 different guards at the same time and proud of it. So the term fits. In fact, the one that brought my big envelope back was actually married to a guard here and got pregnant by a different guard, divorced & married the new poor soul. Most try to move up the ladder by screwing rank! Nope - no embellishing - it's a known fact. One - who is gone now - gave up a sergeant for a lieutenant. Don't ya just love prison gossip? (big ass smile)

Boy - that's not like me, but my blood pressure went up 20 points remembering that morning. A man's life literally hangs in the balance & TDCJ has the power & authority to confiscate a document that could save his life. If I didn't tell you about this before - it is all absolutely true. Larry will back it up to you if needed.

I was only down to 227 this afternoon. Guess my old bones absorb all the water I retain it. Weight doesn't matter but the nurses always kid me saying 'Ah-ha - you must have eaten.' Nope. The UA proves I did not. My strength is ebbing. Nancy will be here at noon - I just hope I can maintain my composure out there. If you don't know - the body not only starts to eat itself but somehow it seems to get you mind more emotional. After seeing my son last Tuesday - I held it together out there - but lost it in my cell. That is exactly what I don't want & why tomorrow is it for visits - EXCEPT my farewell to Kathy Cox - if I feel well enough to go out Thursday. If she does God's work on her birthday! :-) Care to bet she will? (big ass smile) If I had a farm - I'd bet it that wonderful woman will be here with bells on. By the way - I have all your new penpals for me sending her greetings from all over the world. Ya think she will remember my sorry ass? (smile) She would if I had completely forgotten he birthday. YOU, sweet lady made my surprise for her possible. I thank you with all my heart.

Did I tell you how stupid I was - well on Karen's name I mean? I have a habit of tearing off the return addresses & flushing them - so population porters don't steal them and harass our loved ones? Yes, it happened to me at Ellis. Anyway - like a total dolt - I thought I wrote her address in my address book. I go to send the photo of me & Nancy to her and oops - where is she. I know it's Karen WXXXXS (name removed) but don't find it. But I remembered she's used some other last name - maybe as a precaution the first letter - so I looked & looked. I was sure she lives in Ft. Worth. But couldn't find it. So K BaXXXX (name removed) of Norwalk California got a letter saying "er - us, are you Karen? (smile) So I sent the photo to "K". Then I dig through stacks of legal work I threw together with old letters & found a "Karen SXXXXX (name removed)" in Ft Worth. Gotta be her, right? Hope I find out before they kill my scattered brain ass!! It's hard to believe I can type up a 186-page writ and articulate the law & arguments properly, but can't remember a damn address. I bet Karen is thinking I'm a nut case. She sure is a sweet lady. I'm sick about her son & daughter problems. See - it all goes back to my blunder of helping to poison the country. Every time I hear stories about a son, daughter, or loved on strung out on drugs, in jail or prison over them, or DEAD - it takes a bite out of my heart. I may have been the idiot who brought in their first hit of coke. I truly believe the negative karma I caused is shy I was convicted of this crime I DID NOT DO.

If you ever want to correspond with a man of God - not a maybe, but a solid man of God - write Alvin Kelly #999012. I sent him a kite I know tore a hole in his heart but I know for an absolute fact that at 6:15pm on March 29th, Alvin will be at the front of his cell singing "Amazing Grace" to usher me into my new life. He has a wonderful voice & can be heard on KDOL & the Prison Show. Max Soffar & I had our last legal visit Saturday. My buddy of 11+ years is an old softy. He started crying and we shared a moment only two real brothers can share. His Jewish religious beliefs do not stop him from praying for me to be there waiting for him.

Guess I'll close - what only 23 pages of Chinese torture for you do decipher? Deborah - I really do owe you all the loving praise I know how to give. You have made these last weeks so much easier and I feel I will live on in my friend’s heart even more.

Much Love,

Roy

D.R.I.V.E.

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