... you scoop her up and run for the car screaming, “She’s not breathing, drive!” You begin C.P.R. on your child while she lies in your lap.
You are breathing in her mouth and there is this horrible smell that keeps making you gag.
You are screaming. “What happened to her? Why does she look like that? Oh, Jesus, I can’t get her to breathe.”
Your man isn’t driving fast enough.
You keep telling him to drive faster, go around cars, go faster....
You get to the hospital and you jump out of the car as it is stopping.
You run into the E.R. screaming: “I have a baby, she’s not breathing. She has no pulse. Someone help me!”
Someone takes your child and puts you in a room.
Your man comes in.
You keep asking him what happened.
No answer.
He has his hands covering his face.
He mumbles over and over: “I’m sorry!” but doesn’t answer your question- for what?
They call you in and the doctor comes in and says her heart stopped beating....
He says they really did all they could, but she’s dead.
You go to see her.
She’s got tubes and stuff coming from everywhere it seems like.
You want to hold her but they will not let you touch her or go near her.
Then your man gets slammed into the wall and handcuffed.
The police ask if you will come and give a witness statement.
"In the space of a few hours, my world fell apart and my life was over. Amber is dead and I think if they just let me back there I can help her. I asked God to please take my life and not hers. She can’t really be dead. I can’t leave her here. What if she wakes up? She’ll be scared. She doesn’t know any of these people. But they kept asking me to come and talk." ~ TINA BOYER
You are now at the police station in an office.
They say you are NOT under arrest.
They do NOT read you your rights.
They begin to ask questions.
Is your man abusive?
You tell them no.
You are not lying.
The police begin to get mean when you tell them you don't know what happened to Amber.
You tell them you were not there, you were at work.
They ask strange questions about you and your man's sex life.
You go to stand up, say you want to leave.
They put their hands on your shoulders and tell you to sit down, just a few more questions.
You ask if you need a lawyer.
They say no, you are not in trouble, you are not under arrest.
For almost 12 hours you are questioned.
You are so tired.
You are so numb.
Then they tell you that you are under arrest.
You have no money, no savings, no attorney.
For 18 MONTHS you sit in jail...
You are depressed, heavily medicated on pills they give to you to help you cope. You don't know if you'll ever get out of there.
You don't even really know what's going on.
Finally you are assigned a public defender.
He only visits you twice.
He will not write back to you or anyone else who sends him letters asking about your case....
Very soon before your trial your public defender comes to see you in jail.
He tells you that he does not feel that he can defend you.
He tells you he thinks it is best if you DO NOT go to trial.
You are offered a plea bargain...
Life in prison
plus 20 years...
panic dulled by anti- everything pills...
what do you do???
This is the person who is supposed to defend you.
You wonder why God has left you alive...
"Why did I take a plea? Oh, how I have asked myself that so many times throughout the years, and I don’t really have a straight answer for that. I know how I felt; I know what I believed, which turned out to be not true. So much went on in that short span. One minute, I thought I had a lawyer and the next, I find out I’m not getting a trial because my lawyer says I’m going to die, he can’t help me. My impression was this: (My defender) was basically telling me if I went to court, I’ll die. He led me to believe I’d go home soon. He put the pressure on and didn’t want me to talk to anyone. Nothing he said made sense to me. All I really understood was if I went to trial, my lawyer wouldn’t help me. I couldn’t defend myself so I’ll die." ~ TINA BOYER
What happened to Tina's "man" and where Tina is TODAY will be included in our next posting.
Fight the good fight... and check back tomorrow!!!
You are breathing in her mouth and there is this horrible smell that keeps making you gag.
You are screaming. “What happened to her? Why does she look like that? Oh, Jesus, I can’t get her to breathe.”
Your man isn’t driving fast enough.
You keep telling him to drive faster, go around cars, go faster....
You get to the hospital and you jump out of the car as it is stopping.
You run into the E.R. screaming: “I have a baby, she’s not breathing. She has no pulse. Someone help me!”
Someone takes your child and puts you in a room.
Your man comes in.
You keep asking him what happened.
No answer.
He has his hands covering his face.
He mumbles over and over: “I’m sorry!” but doesn’t answer your question- for what?
They call you in and the doctor comes in and says her heart stopped beating....
He says they really did all they could, but she’s dead.
You go to see her.
She’s got tubes and stuff coming from everywhere it seems like.
You want to hold her but they will not let you touch her or go near her.
Then your man gets slammed into the wall and handcuffed.
The police ask if you will come and give a witness statement.
"In the space of a few hours, my world fell apart and my life was over. Amber is dead and I think if they just let me back there I can help her. I asked God to please take my life and not hers. She can’t really be dead. I can’t leave her here. What if she wakes up? She’ll be scared. She doesn’t know any of these people. But they kept asking me to come and talk." ~ TINA BOYER
You are now at the police station in an office.
They say you are NOT under arrest.
They do NOT read you your rights.
They begin to ask questions.
Is your man abusive?
You tell them no.
You are not lying.
The police begin to get mean when you tell them you don't know what happened to Amber.
You tell them you were not there, you were at work.
They ask strange questions about you and your man's sex life.
You go to stand up, say you want to leave.
They put their hands on your shoulders and tell you to sit down, just a few more questions.
You ask if you need a lawyer.
They say no, you are not in trouble, you are not under arrest.
For almost 12 hours you are questioned.
You are so tired.
You are so numb.
Then they tell you that you are under arrest.
You have no money, no savings, no attorney.
For 18 MONTHS you sit in jail...
You are depressed, heavily medicated on pills they give to you to help you cope. You don't know if you'll ever get out of there.
You don't even really know what's going on.
Finally you are assigned a public defender.
He only visits you twice.
He will not write back to you or anyone else who sends him letters asking about your case....
Very soon before your trial your public defender comes to see you in jail.
He tells you that he does not feel that he can defend you.
He tells you he thinks it is best if you DO NOT go to trial.
You are offered a plea bargain...
Life in prison
plus 20 years...
panic dulled by anti- everything pills...
what do you do???
This is the person who is supposed to defend you.
You wonder why God has left you alive...
"Why did I take a plea? Oh, how I have asked myself that so many times throughout the years, and I don’t really have a straight answer for that. I know how I felt; I know what I believed, which turned out to be not true. So much went on in that short span. One minute, I thought I had a lawyer and the next, I find out I’m not getting a trial because my lawyer says I’m going to die, he can’t help me. My impression was this: (My defender) was basically telling me if I went to court, I’ll die. He led me to believe I’d go home soon. He put the pressure on and didn’t want me to talk to anyone. Nothing he said made sense to me. All I really understood was if I went to trial, my lawyer wouldn’t help me. I couldn’t defend myself so I’ll die." ~ TINA BOYER
What happened to Tina's "man" and where Tina is TODAY will be included in our next posting.
Fight the good fight... and check back tomorrow!!!
2 comments:
I WAS INCARCERATED @ PULASKI,I WAS IN THE HONOR DORM WHERE CHRISTINA ALSO STAYS.SAME DORM,BUT WE STAYED ON DIFFERENT HALLS.I SPOKE WITH HER OFTEN.STAYING IN SUCH A STRUCTURED ENVIROMENT,LADIES TEND TO KNOW QUIET A BIT ABOUT EACH OTHER,ALTHOUGH SO MANY COME & GO,YOU KNOW THEIR STORIES.CHRISTINA IS A VERY NICE PERSON.I DON'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND WHY HER CASE HAS NOT YET BEEN TURNED OVER.I SAW ALOT OF GUILTY LADIES,SHE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE LADIES.SHE'S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH DUE TO THE SYSTEM & IT'S MISTAKES.THEY HAVE TAKEN HER LIFE BECAUSE THEY CHOSE NOT TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG..GOD BLESS YOU TINA.YOU HAVE BEEN & WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS..I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO TO HELP YOU OUT OF THERE.I'VE SAW WITH MY OWN EYES THAT YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON.I JUST WISH THE SYSTEM COULD SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE..I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME,BUT YOU'RE STRONG.DON'T YOU EVER GIVE UP,NOT EVER..MUCH LOVE,VONGIE
WOW-i canNOT believe this story. I stumbled upon it while reading a completely unrelated story about something on AOL. I am just speechless about this whole case! I keep waiting to read something somewhere that will POP OUT at me & say-here is the proof, this is why she's guily, but I cannot seem to find one SINGLE sentence that even SUGGESTS she might be a guilty child murderer! How in America today is it possible for something like this to happen? I am on the side of skeptisim always but where is the EVIDENCE against her? It seems like there is plenty of EVIDENCE to show innocence but since she is sitting in jail and has been for 16 years, I ask, WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE? I see there are not too many comments on the site and I had never even heard of this case before now which makes me wonder-why such lack of interest from everyone? Is there something that I am missing? Maybe a signed confession, a nanny-cam video, something? Anything?? Aside from the obvious, admitting to a mistake, why aren't the authorities at the very least looking into the possibility of a trial, at the very least?? Fine, they don't want to say ok you're free to go but GIVE THE WOMAN A FAIR TRIAL FOR CHRISTS SAKE!@! Isn't THAT how the law works... innocent UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY??! I guess I can feel for her being that I'm involved in a case of my own with a bunch of "officials" who do NOT want to admit any wrong doing on THEIR part & people tell me every day..isn't there something you can do?? Right after I've explained to them that I have done EVERYTHING but cannot get resolution. Though my "matter" has absolutely NO relevance or NO even remote similarity to this case, I can def understand the frustration she must be going through and wish there was a way to get more people to be aware of it. How about reaching out to colleges/organizations made up of students/people that help lobby for the rights of the wrongly accused/cold cases/appeals of the convicted? There must be someone that can help. Call Oprah. I'm not even kidding. This is something that will not go anywhere without public pressure, unfortunately. Are they afraid of her b/c of her "special" background? SHE NEEDS TO BE GIVEN A FAIR TRIAL AT THE VERY LEAST & THATS ONLY, IF, AFTER AN UNBIASED REVIEW OF HER "DUE PROCESS", IT IS FOUND THAT SHE SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY CHARGED AT ALL...which it seems not from what I've read. I'm sure there's something I don't know about, facts not revealed here but my god, FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA, SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK AT THIS CASE AGAIN!! What if this was YOUR daughter, sister, mother or even worse, YOU???
Tina, I don't know you but you can be sure that you will be in my thoughts from this day foward & I truly do hope to read one day that YOU get the fairness & equality that each one of us who live in the United States of America are granted by our Constitution!! AS I TYPE there are men & women out there in War that are fighting & DYING to protect the rights afforded to us by our Constitution and you are no exception!!
Good luck. I mean this sincerely. Stephanie (New York)
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