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De’Kota Despain (AR)

De’Kota Despain 170057
Cummins Unit
P.O. Box 500
Grady, AR 71644

To all readers

My name is Dekota Clay Despain and I am an incarcerated human being in the Arkansas Division of Correction in the United States of America for first degree murder and aggravated robbery with a sentence of 50 years.  I was 16 years at the time of the crime. I’ve been locked up six years.  Now I’ve seen things and experienced a whole part of life not paid enough attention to.  From a cell I have noticed a major misconception with life or so it seems.  I’ve lost a lot of my memory from my past when I fell off of my top rack head first into the concrete floor. As memories have come back, they have reinforced my belief that I am innocent, at very least my character is innocent and I ask that as I write and relay myself to you, the world at whole, so you can get to know me and my life story as I remember it, that you judge me by the content of my character not by the color of my actions or inactions.  Only by my character and no other thing.

The content of a person’s character isn’t based on skin, or belief, but is the make i[ what comes out of the other side after all the experience in life.  All I’ve done, all that’s been don’t to me.  In other words, it’s not what happened but what did it do to me, what came out, what is the make up of me.  I believe that there is no such thing as a coincidence so I don’t complain too much, especially because being in prison, and going through all I’ve went through has given me the understanding I now have.  As I relay it to y’all, I hope to be tried and found innocent by the goodness of my heart/content of my character.

The system isn’t broke; it’s just flawed.  I know because ADC has helped me but I see what will help.  I will change the definition itself of guilt and innocence like I have defined real.  I am crying out to be heard.  Please hear me.