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Proving It
Scott
  • May 6

Proving It

How do you ‘PROVE IT’. What can you say other than ‘I am innocent of this’. More than once over the years I have heard that someone who...
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The Capital Appeals Process
Admin
  • Mar 1

The Capital Appeals Process

On Feb 21st Scott gave a short talk to students at UNC Chapel Hill as part of Frank Baumgartner's course - Race, Innocence, and the End...
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Under No Illusions
Scott
  • Jan 17

Under No Illusions

I am under no illusions as to my situation. A sentence of Death was decided upon by twelve individuals who were lied to and manipulated...
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Observations/Reflections
Scott
  • Dec 28, 2021

Observations/Reflections

There is a wasps nest just outside the narrow little window of the cell I exist in. It has been there, empty, for the few years that I...
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Life Lessons
Scott
  • Dec 5, 2021

Life Lessons

My father figure was my grandfather (Papaw), my mom’s dad. He seldom spoke and was hardly idle. Born in 1918, he grew up through the...
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Ignorantia Affectata
Scott
  • Oct 9, 2021

Ignorantia Affectata

Who am I to give advice on anything to anyone at any time? Considering where I am and have been for so long that people have moved on and...
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Khisanth
Scott
  • Sep 17, 2021

Khisanth

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Doing Time
Scott
  • Sep 12, 2021

Doing Time

What does this aphorism mean exactly? Time is a human construct designed to regulate our existence, as if just living, and being, is...
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Supreme Court Opinion Published
Admin
  • Sep 11, 2021

Supreme Court Opinion Published

13th August 2021, the NC Supreme Court published their opinion, deciding in Scott's favour to send his appeal back to the MAR court to...
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Under the Guise of Safety and Security
Scott
  • Aug 21, 2021

Under the Guise of Safety and Security

Commentary on Lyle May's article "Measures meant to make North Carolina prisons safer are doing the opposite" Scalawag Magazine, Oct 2018...
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Living Memory
Scott
  • Aug 14, 2021

Living Memory

Remember when? Sometimes that is how it happens, at others it’s ‘he did that’ or ‘she said this.’ These things occur during family...
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Living in a Castle
Scott
  • Jun 21, 2021

Living in a Castle

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 compelled southern states to rewrite their constitutions. North Carolina legislators mandated the...
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Reasons Why (Part 3 of Ponder This)
Scott
  • May 7, 2021

Reasons Why (Part 3 of Ponder This)

This post is part three of an ongoing series. Part 1: Ponder This Part 2: Harmless Error You’ve now read about how many people are...
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Court Transcript Uploaded
admin
  • Apr 5, 2021

Court Transcript Uploaded

We uploaded a new document to our resources section. It is a court transcript providing some insight into the history of Scott's hearings...
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AM I BEING PARANOID, OR ...?
Scott
  • Mar 22, 2021

AM I BEING PARANOID, OR ...?

A few years ago, my current attorney and I were discussing the ongoing problems with the mail room here at the prison. Missing incoming...
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Harmless Error? (Part 2 of Ponder This)
Scott
  • Mar 17, 2021

Harmless Error? (Part 2 of Ponder This)

This post is part two of an ongoing series. Part 1: Ponder This Part 3: Reasons Why When the U. S. Supreme Court first expressed that...
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Loss & Love
Scott
  • Mar 2, 2021

Loss & Love

This is a story of friendship, love, betrayal, condemnation, absence, reunion, redemption, acceptance, loss and love again. Love changes...
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Video Call with Vanessa from January 21
admin
  • Feb 15, 2021

Video Call with Vanessa from January 21

This is a video call I had with Vanessa on January 2021, only weeks before she passed away. In the call she talks about her experience...
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Vanessa
Scott
  • Feb 12, 2021

Vanessa

Can enough be said in such a moment as this? Never. Every emotion abounds. My friend, lover, confidant, betrayer. Her life since she...
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Vanessa S. passed away
admin
  • Feb 8, 2021

Vanessa S. passed away

For the last couple of weeks, we have been in contact with Vanessa S., the prosecution's main witness. She allowed us to record a video...
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