The waiting and not knowing is the hardest!

Well Reggie is in R& O now (receiving and Observation). That means no visits or phone calls to anyone until he is out. That could be anywhere from 30 to 90 days. He is basically in my front yard over at the Draper facility. I drive by almost everyday but I know he won't even see the light of day until he is placed in population. Mail is really slow....Im guessing they open every letter up and scrutinize it. It doesn't appear that Reg has received even one letter of mine yet. I have sent 8 so far and he has only been in there 10 days. I have received 3 of his letters so far.

At first Reggie was struggling spiritually in there. Too much time on his hands laying there and thinking about everything. He says reading material in there suck and he doesn't have scriptures yet. He was made a "trustee" position and gets out of his cell 4 hours a day instead of just 1. He says that helps a lot. He has to help with meals and do some cleaning. He indicates that this R&O area wouldn't pass a health inspection. Pretty gross! The guards like him and the Captain has told him behind closed doors they were going to try and fast track him out to general population! That would be great! They also told him to tell his wife to stop calling! "Tell her we will take good care of you". Hahaha

We have filed the petition for a re-trial so now its waiting to see if the Judge grants it to us. I understand that a re-trial approval is very slim. If that isn't granted to us then we will appeal the conviction to the Supreme Court. That might be our best option. This could take months however before we hear of a decision. Please keep praying for us!

It's beginning to sink in.

Feeling a little overwhelmed today! I have been out of town helping my mom with my dad who had open heart surgery. He is going to be ok,just a long recovery ahead. It was nice to get away and focus on someone else for a change. Now it's back to reality and the reality is that I must carry on taking care of my responsibilites as well as Reggie's. I thought I did a lot before but I didn't realize all that Reg did too. And still there's the unkown....what will happen at sentencing! Will I have to be a struggling single mom for many years?

All I know right now is that I now need to get back to some type of normalcy, a routine for my kids sake. They need the stability and consistency to help them get through their troubles as well. Thank goodness for wonderful friends and family to help me through this. The Lord still confirms to me that it will be alright!

Reggie's defense fund

Here is a link for Reggie's defense fund. If anyone asks what they can do to help the family let them know of this. It is to help with his legal defense fees as well as future costs the family will need in fighting for his early release.


https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=S3SE96Z67Y8RA

Reggie's trial

I've decided to create a blog site to update those who are interested in how Reggie is doing since being convicted of 1st degree attempted murder and 2 accounts of assault. I think everyone except for a small few were shocked at the guilty verdict. It was evident Tuesday evening that things were in Reggie's favor. However the closing argument that was left with the prosecution was extremely slanderous and portrayed a man in"extreme rage out on a hunt to kill his prey". This was hammered over and over to the jury for at least an hour. Nathan Evershed twisted and turned the truth into something over the top and crazy! Justice was not served. The truth was skewed and distorted and that was the last impression left with the jury.

We are still fighting and will fight for him to be released for as long as we can. There are things in the works and if worse case scenario happens and he is sentenced 3 years to life, we will file for a re-trial.