 I was actually charged with murder. I was facing a life sentence But the jewelry came back in their deliberation with a manslaughter verdict and a manslaughter in Louisiana carries zero to 40 I was given 30. Yeah, we on boss talk How much time did they like give you when I come we didn't get to that part But I didn't mean to cut you off, but I'm just trying to figure out like when they convicted you Yeah, I was convicted of manslaughter and you you had to did you cop a plea you had to know They gave you the judge gave you innocent. You said I'm innocent all the way to the end all the way to the end That's right. Yeah, I was actually charged with murder. I was facing a life sentence But the jewelry came back in their deliberation with a manslaughter verdict and a manslaughter in Louisiana carries zero to 40 I was given 30 and You tried appealing and all of that. Yeah, I tried everything 21 years and I was pardoned by the governor by governor it was so Thank you. Thank you governor But all of that one thing I wanted to know because a lot of people when you think about being long the convicted and That you are there. How angry were you when you were in prison and how long did it take for you to get over that anger? um Weird thing is I Probably was angry momentarily really momentarily When I first got in that that cell There were a few things that I prayed for it was it was a couple things that I prayed for and I'm not I'm not a big Religious person, but I do pray I will I have prayed and I do One of them the main thing was that I didn't want to become black-hearted I didn't want to become black-hearted that was the main thing and you know, I Didn't want to be bitter because I have I have seen What happens to bitter people So my question to you is why you were in prison? Were you angry? Because anybody in the right mind wrongly convicted would be angry out of their mind While they're in there and if you were how long did it take you to get over it? Initially, I was I was very angry initially, okay, you know, but I deal with anger Different differently, I deal with it internally, you know, I try and I try my best not to Display anger, okay, I just kind of deal with it in really and it's painful I'm not a big religious person, but I do pray and one of the things and most important things I prayed for a while incarcerated was I Prayed, you know, just to not be black-hearted. I didn't want to be bitter. I didn't want to be mad at the world because You know bitter is self-consuming. I mean bitterness is self-consuming and I didn't want to be that person It's just mad at the world because of what happened to me. Did you have children at that time? Yes, my son's mother was was six months pregnant when I was arrested. So by the time I was convicted my son was One almost two. Oh, so you were able to see him being born No, oh, okay. No when I was arrested. She was six months. Okay. I didn't know if you came out of bond or anything No, I never they never they denied buying everything. Oh, yeah, we on boss talk one-on-one