that s the first three letters of my first name and first three letters of my last name. although stacey was sentenced to five years for an altercation with his neighbor, his good behavior at anamosa cut that time in half. i got through it with no write-ups and no loss of good time. my wife has never missed a visit. any time we have the opportunity to have visits, she has always been there. in just three days, his wife will visit with him again. only this time, he s going home with her. monday, i will be free to go anywhere i want to go, and i got tickets to see the minnesota twins play the kansas city royals thursday. fearing that he might become a target of other inmates jealous of his parole, he asked to spend his last three months in the protective custody unit. being in pc, i m not allowed to be around other inmates and they not allowed to be around me.
says he didn t commit. lowery moves to kansas city, missouri. he gets a job at a ford motor plant on the assembly line. he marries teri and starts a new family. buys a house in the suburbs. but still, he s a man with a past. my prison number is 37839. i know it like my social security number. you know, was known so long for that name. my first name was lowery. my last name was 37839. though lowery is out of prison, he s not free. in 1996, congress passes megan s law. it requires that the names and addresses of sex offenders be made available to the public. i was like, another bombshell to me. you know, i was like, now neighbors are going to find out. people are going to know that i m a sex offender. it s going to be a hard life again. he didn t go to work for a
of my first name and first three letters of my last name. although stacey was sentenced to five years for an altercation with his neighbor, his good behavior at anamosa cut that time in half. i got through it with no write-ups and no loss of good time. my wife has never missed a visit. any time we have the opportunity to have visits, she has always been there. in just three days, his wife will visit with him again. only this time, he s going home with her. monday, i will be free to go anywhere i want to go, and i got tickets to see the minnesota twins play the kansas city royals thursday. fearing that he might become a target of other inmates jealous of his parole, he asked to spend his last three months in the protective custody unit. being in pc, i m not allowed to be around other inmates and they not allowed to be around me. my wife and children have waited long enough for me to come home.
i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. that s what everybody calls me. by my last name. what happened? how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and using drugs and alcohol. and i messed up my life. as we continue to interview rapatz, we learn although this was his first conviction as an adult it was hardly his first brush with the law. i started stealing cars at a young age and breaking into schools. i broke into my junior high and my high school. at 11 years old i was living like i was 21. between the ages of 13 and 18, rapatz did time in juvenile detention centers in several states. once i turned 18 i got my life together until i was about 24. i did do good. and i was trying to change my life around. with his juvenile files sealed, rapatz had a fresh start at life.
justify given up and done worry about it. we all go through something in life. you stay right there. you fine. he said do you want him to go out there with his hands up or do you want him to stay right here? stay right where he is. okay, she says stay right there where you are. he wants to know can he get his water right quick. yes. guess what, michael, my last name is hill. my mom was a hill. what are you waiting for. what s taking them so long to come on? she says she s getting to them now. they are coming. they are coming. so just hold on, michael. go ahead and lay down. go ahead and lay down. okay. you just got your phone. okay that s fine. tell them to come on. come on. okay, he s just got his phone. that s all he got is his phone.