Insufficient Funds Robert McCandless

Insufficient Funds

Author: Robert McCandless

Publisher: McCandless Design

Publication Date: 31 May, 2011

ISBN: 9780615483108

Pages:

Subjects: Biographies

Available as: , E-Book - EPUB, 978-0-615-48310-8

Description:

Today's news is filled with stories of wrongful convictions. DNA evidence has been used to right one of society's greatest wrongs. But what of those cases, tried by the same overzealous prosecutors, which had no traces of DNA to prove otherwise. This is the story of just one in the overwhelming number of cases that may never see justice.Robert McCandless spent the first half of his life making bad decisions. A bad check to buy groceries led to a 25-year conviction for a crime he knew nothing about. Convicted by the infamous Henry Wade Machine of Dallas, he was sent to one of the roughest prisons in the country where, instead of wasting time, he graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.S. in psychology and developed an artistic talent that would bring him awards and national recognition.Robert McCandless lived through a nightmare. The irony is that the dream he could not wake from, and frequently haunts his sleep, even today, became one of the greatest blessings of life. Bitterness was never an option. Led by some force, the road to forgiveness and acceptance was a long trip. “Every good thing I have in life stems from the event I thought would destroy me.”