A Naked Singularity: A Novel (98 page)

Mr. Casi—Atturney at Law

2330 Broadway

Floor number nine

New York, new York

Dear sir(s);

Thank you for you’re fine letters to me which i have saved all of them even though i chose not to response to the first ones And I will now anser ALL oF THEM iN THE FUTURE TiME.

Thank you also agin for the news of the Supreme Court Hearing my case and I too am sure that they will see the case in you’re favors as your the best lawyer i know and everyone hear agrees.

P.S. “CAN YoU TELL ME MoRE ABoUT WHERE i WILL Go WHEN i GET oUT BECAUSE i HAVE NoT ToLD ANYoNE PER YoUR WiSHES BUT i THiNK oF GoiNG THERE ALL THE TiME AND i HAVE MULTiPLY QUESTioNS BUT FoRGoT To ASK THEM Too YoU WHEN YoU WERE HERE?”

LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE: CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Jalen Kingg

#Z311

Cell 9C-03

Holman Unit

3700 Holman

Atmore, Alabama 36503

Dear Jalen:

I hope you are doing well. I apologize since it appears that my last letter to you was confusing.

The Supreme Court has
not
agreed to hear
your
case. They have, however, agreed to hear a case called
Atkins
v.
Virginia
. and their ruling on that case could have a major effect on your case because the defendant on that case is similar to you (or so Melvyn and I would argue) meaning that if the court eventually rules that it is unconstitutional to execute him we would be in a great position to argue that you cannot be executed either since all courts in the U.S. have to agree with the Supreme Court.

Of course even if we get the ruling we want on that case we would still have to show that you meet the criteria of people who cannot be executed. Based on the report from Dr. Pegnapper we feel reasonably confident that we would be able to do that.

I hope that clears up the situation. First we need a good ruling from the court on that case, then we would rely on the doctor to show that you are like Atkins. Do you understand?

Write me with any other questions you might have and I’ll keep you posted on any further developments in your case.

Your friend,

Mr. Casi—Atturney at Law

2330 Broadway

Floor number nine

New York, new York

Dear Mr Casi,

i must advice you that i have been moved too a diferrent unit because of an incidence that happend in deth row generel pop and now in this unit I do not get resess and i am not allowed to recieve visits or letters accept from you because of the constipation of the U S and your my lawyer.

So please right me as many letters as you many as you can because the guy who bringes me the letters is nice and talks to me with jokes but he’s only aloud to come if he has a letter from you to bring and if he doesn’t come then i dont see anyboidy the hole day.

P.S. “i UNDERSTAND NoW ABoUT THE SC BECAUSE BEFoUR i WAS PUT HERE MR HENK EXPLAiNED iT To ME AND HE NoSE A LoT ABoUT THE LAW BEiNG THAT HE iS oN “7 CoNSECKUTiVE LiFE BiDS”

LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE: CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Jalen Kingg

#Z311

Punitive Isolation Cell #17

Holman Unit

3700 Holman

Atmore, Alabama 36503

Dear Jalen:

Please write me as soon as possible explaining the events that led to you being placed in the unit you’re in. I have not been given, despite repeated attempts, any explanation for why you have been placed in isolation from Holman Prison nor any information as to how we can appeal or seek to amend that decision.

I would like to do everything I can to get you placed back in the cell you were in before, with the recreational breaks you had and the contact with people.

What happened? Write me soon and include as much as possible.

As for your brief, everything is proceeding well and we should be done soon. Also the Supreme Court will soon hear argument from the lawyers on that case we spoke of then they’ll make a decision a couple months later. Depending on the court’s decision we will then file any necessary further papers on your case.

Stay positive despite this negative development because everything can certainly still come out in your favor.

Your friend,

Mr. Casi—Atturney at Law

2330 Broadway

Floor number nine

New York, new York

Dear Sir;

i do not think i am aloud to discuss what happened in a letter to you but i dont now for sure because theres no one i can ask here. i don’t know what you could do to get me back to my other cell but please do it if you can because there i had pictures of people {like my mo}m and i had a notebook that i could right in and look at to drawe pikchurs of things.

Here I do not see anyboidy all day. This is tru every day and it is dark as well. If the superior court rules in my favor can i get back to my cell and my things? Can I get resess?

p.s. “iF YoU Do NoT NoW THE ANSERS PLEASE RiGHT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEN SUMoNE HAS To BRiNG ME THE LETTERS iN PoERSoN”

LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE: CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Jalen Kingg

#Z311

Punitive Isolation Cell #17

Holman Unit

3700 Holman

Atmore, Alabama 36503

Dear Jalen:

I checked and you can of course write me a letter with an account of what happened that resulted in you being placed in isolation by prison officials. Please do so as soon as possible so I can try to help you.

In several days, the Supreme Court will hear argument on
Atkins
v.
Virginia
. The brief in your case is basically completed as well, with just some final editing left to do.

Hang in there, I know this is a difficult time. Everything can still work out, both with this disciplinary thing and with your case in general.

Your good friend,

Mister. Casi /

Pleese rite me sum more letters fast please. You

don’t have to tell me about the case because i just want

thje letters four the reason i stated before.

P.S. i am only aloud to get leterrs from you.

LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE: CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Jalen Kingg

#Z311

Punitive Isolation Cell #17

Holman Unit

3700 Holman

Atmore, Alabama 36503

Dear Jalen:

I am sending you ten different copies of this letter in ten different envelopes for the reasons you stated. I will send you multiple copies of every letter from here on out as well.

I have tried everything possible to get you transferred back to your old cell but it appears I will not be successful. I am assured, however, that at the end of this month you will be transferred out of isolation.

In my next letter to you I will include a copy of the brief that we will be filing on your behalf. I will also update you with any news we might have regarding the Supreme Court case we’ve discussed. In sum, we have reason for optimism at this point and I want you to remember that at all times.

But no matter what happens on your case you will soon be going back to your old cell. So stay strong until then and things will get better Jalen.

Your friend,

casi i have to get out of here because it is dark and there is no one else accept me and i have not seen the pictures that i have in my old room and thosae are’ my pictures by rite right?

i want for you to come and get me and take me to maple’s house. Please comeas oon as possible becuase i want to get out really bad and i am sorry for allthe rong that i have done and the chaplan befour says that if one is sorry then one hath be forgiven so please come get me.

P.S. “please come get me”

P.P.S.S. “i am goin to write othur letters and put them in this same enveloap when I rite them the next days”

casi you do not have to send all those many leters any more because they changed the procedures when i got a lot of leters last time and now they just put it thru the hole with my food and the guy with jokes doesn’t bring me personly the letters anymore

i want to get out now more than before! when are you coming? The guy who pushes the food thru the hole says I am not going back to my cell when this month is over and that you are lying\

When you come please bring me frute like you promised and please bring me the rainbow candee that they sell in stores too and when I go to live in Maple’s big house I am going to help ebryone who lives in a smaller house then me.

P.S. “no matter what anywon says i WILL NoT BELIVE THAT YoU ARE LYING To ME”

i do Not care any more if i get out of hear realy

i now i am not going back to my cell when the munth ends and they said my picktures are gone too any way

i knowe you cannot come and get me You cant come now and you cant come never no matter what the virginya court says and i know i will never get to see the house you said

becase the candy in the stores isn’t the same as my mother made becuas it comes in a plastic bag and mines was in a bowl with flowers and my moms made it hesself and she says to thank you because you was the only person whoever visitied me here

if i cant get out i don’t care what happens in here or anywhere else AND YoU Cannot TELL ME WHY i SHOULD

i’m not sorry anymoar neether and i think noone else is sorry neither probly

LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE: CONFIDENTIAL

Jalen Kingg

#Z311

Punitive Isolation Cell #17

Holman Unit

3700 Holman

Atmore, Alabama 36503

Dear Jalen:

Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the brief we will soon file on your behalf. Also I just received your last three letters and you are wrong. At the end of this month you
will
be transferred to your old cell and your pictures will be there just as they were before you left.

I cannot just come and get you out, that’s true. But we can, and will, make it so you cannot be executed. You will get a life sentence instead. You have by now probably received a letter from Melvyn explaining why we are so optimistic that this is what will ultimately happen.