Bad wishes from anonymous

It's interesting how the few people who believe that Dean is guilty and post a comment with mean thoughts, never put their name behind it.  It always says anonymous. 
Yesterday, someone emotionally wrote mean things on the blog.  She called Dean a liar and murderer, and hoped he rotted in prison.  She probably had trouble understanding what she was reading on the blog, and for some reason wants to hate Dean.  People who hate and are judgmental, freak out when a part of them hears the truth and it is not what they have been basing their hate on.  It is hard to get someone who has believed a friend or relative's lies about another, to now accept the truth, and what they had believed, is really wrong.  They do not want to give up that energy that comes from hate and anger.  Their ego does not want to be wrong.  This person who hates Dean, and does not know him, has believed someone else's lies about him. I do not think that this person realizes that Dean has life in prison without any parole.  That is usually the punishment for serial killers, mass murders, violent repetitive acts against others, pre-meditated murder against a wife or friend etc.  She wanted Dean to rot in prison for what?  He did not kill Miguel, and he has never killed any one.  He messed up in his teen years and was involved in criminal acts just like the rest of the gang, but he would never murder any one, nor did he ever try to.   He was railroaded by supposed friends and made the scapegoat, and then unjustly given more punitive charges than is normal.  There are many gang members in prison for things that they did not do, but because they were in a gang, and did other crimes, they end up getting convicted for something they did not do.  As soon as a juror hears that a defendant is or was a gang member, that juror (in Orange County) no longer cares if the defendant is innocent. The juror just wants to get rid of another gang member from society.  If the charge is not murder, that defendant will eventually get out of prison.  Hopefully when he does, he will be a better person and stay away from gangs and drugs.  Any one who is in a gang and does drugs will end up in prison if caught.  They only have themselves to blame.  They need to take it well, and not start lying to get out, like Dean's snitches did.  This only adds to their karma, and not in a good way. 
 Dean was really an idiot to be in a gang and to do drugs.  Luckily, he changed and is now who he should have been all along.  His book tells about this change and also is a warning for all of you in the gang culture to not believe in loyalty, or in the whole fantasy gang life.  As soon as you get jumped in, you are considered a criminal in society, and society if they get a chance, will put you in prison.  So before you decide to get "jumped in", know that this means you are getting jumped in to prison, to your family being dishonored, to your family having to visit and support you in prison, and to losing your freedom.  If that's what you want, then get jumped in, and never complain when it happens whether you get convicted for a crime that you did or did not do.  Dean does not complain.  He feels that he was playing roulette and lost.  He feels badly now for hurting his family whom he loves and for acting the fool.  He only hopes that he will not be in prison for life.
  To emotional "anonymous", why do you not have the courage to say who you are and claim your thoughts on Dean?  I put myself out here with my thoughts, and those who send positive comments for Dean, always identify themselves.   We are all on a karmic path in this life and all have struggles.  We should not be cruel to one another.   Life is hard enough.

Arizona Trial

Isn't it amazing how in Arizona as shown lately in the news, that the jury in the Arias case gets to ask the defendant questions, and she gets to answer them?    I think about how wonderful that would have been if jurors could have asked Dean questions and then heard his answers, instead of just relying on the D.A.'s interpretations of the events.  One example is; that the D.A. kept repeating that one sneeze could not have spattered all those blood drops on the dash and steering wheel.  If Dean had been asked about that, he could have explained that the blood drops were not from the sneeze.  The sneeze is what caused his nose to bleed (which happened frequently to him).  As he was driving, he pinched his nose so blood wouldn't pour out.  As the fingers got blood filled, he would then shake them off, and repeat trying to stop the blood flow.   From the email from the jury foreman to us, we saw that the jury all agreed that "one sneeze could not cause that many drops on the dash and wheel". (They just repeated what the D.A. said.)
  There were many instances of this, and how much more clear would it have been, if they could have asked questions to Dean directly?  It's just a shame that Dean's trial was in Orange County, Ca. 
All we can hope for now is that the Federal courts see how unfair Dean's trial was and how ridiculous it was to give him life in prison without parole.  That jury has terrible karma.

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We got an email from Mary who knew Dean and expressed her good wishes and prayers for us and Dean. Thank you so much for your communication. It's nice to know that people are praying for us and for Dean's freedom.  We are glad you liked the book. The more people that read it, the more good it can do.

Four Years of Freedom

That is the name of Dean's book.  It is an amazing story and you can get it on Amazon.com.
 The reviews on it are excellent and many who have read it, want it to be a movie.  I would love to see that happen.  It is an important story to be out there, for many reasons.  Dean gave us his book as a Thank You gift for still loving him while he put us through such hardship.  We published it.  We hope all of you read it and let us know how it affected you.
He is currently writing another novel. 

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We got an email tonight from someone who wanted to post a comment on the blog. We just forgot how to publish it...so  Thank you to the person who said that he understands Deans' story and remembers what it was to grow up in San Clemente trying to fit in, and the pressures that brings.
 Glad you are reading his book.  Thank you for your prayers. They will work.

Oct. 5 2012

It was a hot summer for Dean at Ironwood Prison.  He survived though.  He has been working and writing.  I will let you all know when his first book is ready and out on shelves. He has been entering some writing contests and is looking forward to seeing his Sci-Fi book published. 
 He plans on writing a book for wayward and lost teens also.  One day he hopes to be speaking at highschool assemblies on the dangers of" living on the edge" to be cool.  He has had quite a bit of  interest from publishers in England. 
His appeal will be filed soon.  He has been working on that too with help from all of us.  It's a long difficult road.  We have some interesting new evidence and one snitch might reverse his testimony.
We know that one day the prosecutor, the detective and the investigator will be exposed for manipulating and intimidating witnesses so that they did not have to really solve the crime.  If they had spent as much energy on seeking the truth as they did to back up their lies, they would have solved the crime.  It's sad for them, because karma always comes back around.
 Keep Dean in your prayers.  They are working. 
If it is true as the Mayan Calendar suggests that the California coast will disappear in December of this year, then we may all be together again sooner than later.  Maybe the desert will have ocean views after this supposed approaching cataclysm. 

April 26th 2012

It has been four months now and we have visited Dean twice in Ironwood. He is working a few hours every day and has had no problems.  Our appeal still goes on, and we have become used to this being a part of our lives.  If only Ramon, Raffie, or Detective Hoffman would tell the truth.  Their souls need to right this wrong before heaven.