Like everyone else in my position, I think about where I will be in years from now. Will I be dead, will I be on the streets or will I still be in prison ? Obviously If I could choose, I would be on the streets, but we know that it does not work that way.
And there are times when I think about where I might be by this time if I were still on the streets. It’s tough to say, because it’s been 6 ½ years, and a lot can happen to a person in that amount of time. I would like to think that I would be married with a son or a daughter, making a good living in the construction business.
In here I can only say where I hope to be in 10 years from now. One place would to still be alive. and by some miracle that I am released from prison, in 10 years I see myself still fighting against the Death Penalty (assuming that it has not been abolished by then ). I would have my own roofing business, trying to make my kids life 100% better than mine is, ever was or will be.
I know that it does not really seem like much, but these are the simple things of life that most of us either took or will take for granted. It’s all I have ever really wanted in life, to work hard and support a family so that my kids could have a life better than I ever had. I was just too stupid and immature to make it happen then! But, now that I have grown into a man and seen my ways, I know that I could make it happen if I were to be released from prison.
I just want the chance to be able to see where I would be in 10 years and to see how it would turn out.
Thank you
Matt Hyde Z-605
cell 5-D-9
Holman, 3700
Atmore, AL36503
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