i don t do this to think i m going to get out of the penitentiary because i m not. but it gives me a sense of understanding. it gives me a sense of responsibility for my own actions. good morning, everyone. i want to thank these guys for taking the time out to come up. this today is i m nervous, by the way. the day was especially personal for one other inmate as well. i ve been in for nearly 20 years. my victim s mom and stepdad are here today. vicki and greg. i want to thank them very much for coming. mark smith murdered his girlfriend jenny crompton when he was just 18 years old. through the program he was first confronted by his victim s mother and stepfather several years earlier. i was a mess. jenny had been gone eight years and i was still barely functioning. and i was full of anger and i was full of pain. and my other children were suffering. i had numerous recurring
every time i see these guys it s really hard because you re always thinking, i mean, it s like, i did something that completely damaged them, that will never go away, ever, for any of us. i remember, i said to you, i want to hear you say that you killed jenny. and i realize how hard that was for you but you did it. and for you and so everything just changed, because mark s reaction and he didn t try and act like, i didn t do it or it was your fault or but, no, i had to know. did jenny suffer? and from what mark told me, i believe that it was very quick. and so that has given me peace. when i walked out of there, i was probably 80 pounds lighter. you know? and i never since that day have ever had that same recurring dream. i don t think about mark the way i did. and it was a great release.
hide from their crimes. but those who have attended today s session, they ve made the daring decision to confront their victims face to face. we know that forgiveness only nullifies the pain and hurt and loneliness and tears that we have caused because we truly realize the pain that we brought to so many innocent lives. we thank miss shorts. i thank my victim sidney. and the boys. we know we did wrong. and we realize that. i want to thank all you guys for taking the time out to come up. this, today, is very i m nervous, by the way. my victim s name is jenny crompton. i m doing first-degree murder. i m doing a life sentence for it. 20 years ago mark smith stabbed his high school sweetheart to death on a hot summer day after school. she thought i was cheating on her. i didn t want to hear it.
in these later years what i done. i don t do this to think i m going to get out of the penitentiary because i m not. but it gives me a sense of understanding. it gives me a sense of responsibility for my own actions. good morning, everyone. i want to thank these guys for taking the time out to come up. this today is i m nervous, by the way. the day was especially personal for one other inmate as well. i ve been in for nearly 20 years. my victim s mom and stepdad are here today. vicki and greg. i want to thank them very much for coming. mark smith murdered his girlfriend jenny crompton when he was just 18 years old. through the program he was first confronted by his victim s mother and stepfather several years earlier. i was a mess. jenny had been gone eight years and i was still barely functioning. and i was full of anger and i was full of pain. and my other children were suffering. i had numerous recurring dreams, kind of nightmares that
like, i did something that completely damaged them, that will never go away, ever, for any of us. i remember, i said to you, i want to hear you say that you killed jenny. and i realize how hard that was for you but you did it. and for you and so everything just changed, because mark s reaction and he didn t try and act like, i didn t do it or it was your fault or but, no, i had to know. did jenny suffer? and from what mark told me, i believe that it was very quick. and so that has given me peace. when i walked out of there, i was probably 80 pounds lighter. you know? and i never since that day have ever had that same recurring