A NEW TRIAL

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What does this aphorism mean exactly? Time is a human construct designed to regulate our existence, as if just living, and being, is...

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...

Commentary on Lyle May's article "Measures meant to make North Carolina prisons safer are doing the opposite" Scalawag Magazine, Oct 2018...

Remember when? Sometimes that is how it happens, at others it’s ‘he did that’ or ‘she said this.’ These things occur during family...

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 compelled southern states to rewrite their constitutions. North Carolina legislators mandated the...

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...

We uploaded a new document to our resources section. It is a court transcript providing some insight into the history of Scott's hearings...

A few years ago, my current attorney and I were discussing the ongoing problems with the mail room here at the prison. Missing incoming...

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...

This is a story of friendship, love, betrayal, condemnation, absence, reunion, redemption, acceptance, loss and love again. Love changes...

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...

Can enough be said in such a moment as this? Never. Every emotion abounds. My friend, lover, confidant, betrayer. Her life since she...

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...