I am not ashamed of my 162 felony convictions--because they are bogus.
I am going to start wearing a button on my blouse that says, "I have 162 felony convictions--and I'm innocent. Something is wrong with our justice system!"
No one would go out of his way to choose this status, but I've detected a certain cachet to the label, "felon." Believe it or not, there are some exceptional people in this group and we bond as easily as the members of other grief support groups.
I have new friends: fellow felons and felon-sympathizers. When I say, I'm a felon! they emerge from their fringe positions in our hierarchy and introduce themselves. We sit and chat--there's an immediate rapport. I have always enjoyed the company of a wide range of people.
Our justice system has a vested interest in enlarging this coterie of felons by enforcing mandatory minimum sentences (12 years for carrying marijuana across state lines, for instance) and by "catching" people like me.
I went to a smoke shop on University Avenue right after my sentencing, bought a pack of cigarettes. (I wish I could smoke them all--I need an escape! Alas, you can't escape your fate.)
The very friendly guy behind the counter had a shaved head, metal earring, muscle tee.
"Have you ever been to jail--or prison?" I asked. (Lots of people say yes.)
"Why do you ask?" he answered.
"I'm going to prison!" I told him.
"Wow, really?" he raised his eyebrows and looked me up and down. "You don't look like the type." I detected something like respect in his tone of voice.
"The type is expanding," I said. "You have to start thinking of people like me as criminals."
"That's for sure. What'd you do?" he asked. "Drunk driving?"
"No. I did my job. Nothing wrong. It's a white-collar thing."
"Wow, cool," he said. "The country's crazy."
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry," he said, speaking as one who knows. "You're going to be in good company, anyway."
"We'll see."
I am going to start wearing a button on my blouse that says, "I have 162 felony convictions--and I'm innocent. Something is wrong with our justice system!"
No one would go out of his way to choose this status, but I've detected a certain cachet to the label, "felon." Believe it or not, there are some exceptional people in this group and we bond as easily as the members of other grief support groups.
I have new friends: fellow felons and felon-sympathizers. When I say, I'm a felon! they emerge from their fringe positions in our hierarchy and introduce themselves. We sit and chat--there's an immediate rapport. I have always enjoyed the company of a wide range of people.
Our justice system has a vested interest in enlarging this coterie of felons by enforcing mandatory minimum sentences (12 years for carrying marijuana across state lines, for instance) and by "catching" people like me.
I went to a smoke shop on University Avenue right after my sentencing, bought a pack of cigarettes. (I wish I could smoke them all--I need an escape! Alas, you can't escape your fate.)
The very friendly guy behind the counter had a shaved head, metal earring, muscle tee.
"Have you ever been to jail--or prison?" I asked. (Lots of people say yes.)
"Why do you ask?" he answered.
"I'm going to prison!" I told him.
"Wow, really?" he raised his eyebrows and looked me up and down. "You don't look like the type." I detected something like respect in his tone of voice.
"The type is expanding," I said. "You have to start thinking of people like me as criminals."
"That's for sure. What'd you do?" he asked. "Drunk driving?"
"No. I did my job. Nothing wrong. It's a white-collar thing."
"Wow, cool," he said. "The country's crazy."
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry," he said, speaking as one who knows. "You're going to be in good company, anyway."
"We'll see."
Members of House and Senate introduce drug importation bill
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No new posts. Must be doc is gone to jail or forbidden again to blog.
ReplyDeleteNo new posts. Must be doc is gone to jail or forbidden again to blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm familiar with this physician and her practice. I know for a fact that she is indeed guilty of fraudulent billing. I'm surprised she wasn't proven guilty on one-thousand convictions. People would literally come in for check-ups or something simple and leave with everything from an eye exam to sonograms thinking it was a part of the check-up. She encouraged her nursing staff to preform "as many things as possible to every patient that comes in". You should see her behind closed doors, I think she might have been bi-polar.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to discover your horrific story, I worked for you many years ago. I was researching the amount of Leukemia cases around Hawthorne when I discovered what had happened. This news completely spun me around in disbelief. I also have been investigated by the FBI, and know the tremendous pressure that it can place on ones self at times can seem unbearable. I also was seeking the truth but as my attorney told me when the Feds arrive there not seeking truth only prosecution. I have never felt more violated than that day of their arrival. I'm proud of you for taking it to trial. Jump through their hoops and I 'll see you on the other side. Jason / Terri
ReplyDeleteA lot of time has passed and I am certain that the Dr. Colasante has been denied posting on internet. I often think of her horrific experience. Her patients also lost a good, no a great doctor. Their medical records are in limbo.
ReplyDeleteI hope some day Doc will once again post on her blog.
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