Questions and answers

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These revealing questions and answers have been taken (with D’s permission) from an interview he completed with the Death Row Soul Collective (check them out on Facebook – they’re remarkable.

OK here goes…..

David speaks…

1. On what occasion do you lie? I lie sometimes when I say that I’m ok, when I’m really not.

2. What do you dislike most about your appearance? I’m not loving the gray hairs that seem to be increasing by the day.

3. What are your favorite names? Denyque, (pronounced like unique with a D) my niece, and Wilhelmina (my favorite person’s middle name).

4. What is your favorite extravagance? I’m ashamed to say junk food (As I’m eating some chocolate chip cookies, when I know that I shouldn’t).

5. What is your greatest fear? Not dying, but growing old in prison and not being able to take care of myself (My fear of frogs is a close second).

6. What historical figure do you most identify with? The character, Jean Valjean (The main character in Les Misérables).

7. When and where were you the happiest? My childhood in the Caribbean when I didn’t have a care in the world.

8. Which talent would you most like to have? It would feel like I had a superpower if I had the talent for public speaking.

9. What is your current state of mind? I’m a bit anxious at the moment. Feels like I’m not close to accomplishing the goals I’ve set for myself, and that makes me feel like I’m failing.

10. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? I would like to learn to just follow my first mind and stop overthinking things as much as I do. It’s not always bad, but most time it’s not.

11. What living person do you most admire? My Mom, because 2 of her 3 children are in prison, and I can say that I didn’t always deserve her love.

12. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Surviving 18 years on Florida’s death row, and instead of losing myself, became a better person from the experience.

13. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be? I would repair all the broken relationships within the family.

14. What trait do you most deplore in yourself? Self-doubt, I don’t always see the potential in myself that others see in me.

15. What is your most marked characteristic? My optimistic mindset, no matter the situation

16. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Being close-minded is a trait I deplore in others.

17. What is your favorite journey? My favorite journey was any trip I took with my family, some of my most memorable moments.

18. Which living person do you most despise? I don’t despise anyone, so I’ll go with myself. There’s a side of me that I’ll forever be working on, so I despise that side of me.

19. Which word or phrase do you most overuse? Even though it’s a favorite word of mine, I do overuse the word “hope” at times.

20. What is your greatest regret? Not fully living, and enjoying my childhood, but instead rushing to think that I was ready to take on adult responsibilities.

21. What or who is the greatest love of your life? The Caribbean. That’s what I think of when I think of freedom, and I think about it at some point every single day.

22. If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? I’ve experienced being a person, so I would like to come back and experience being an animal, and I would come back as a lion.

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?  I would say that getting to the point where you feel alone and like you have nothing to live for would be the lowest depth of misery.

24. What do you most value in friends? Accountability, that they’re accountable and hold me accountable as well.

25. Who are your favorite writers? That’s a tough one, but I’ll go with Paolo Coelho and Khaled Hosseini.

26. Who is your favorite hero in fiction?  Not sure if he was a hero, but the character from The Count of Monte Cristo. (It’s been a while since I read it, but I think that his name was Edmond Dantes.)

27. How would you like to die? I would be lounging on the beach, Magens Bay to be exact, watching the sunset one final time.

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From David and his friends on this blog, we wanted to address the subject of the victims and loved ones of people on Death Row directly. In supporting David to create this blog, ourselves and David are very aware of hurting people affected by anything that has led to people being on Death Row. We worried about this and continue to be mindful of other people's suffering. We all have families and cannot imagine the suffering you have gone through and continue to go through. Nothing that we publish is intended in any way to undermine this. We simply want to draw attention to the injustices of the death penalty system as it stands, and we are doing this through the experiences of one person we know well. Everyone suffers and we don't want one person's suffering to cancel out another. We hope you understand.

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