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I want to help dad publish his book

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I want to help my dad realize his dream,my name is Angeles Lily I'm 20 years old and my father Enrique Bautista at the Oregon State penitentiary in Salem Oregon has been incarcerated he is serving a 24 year sentence for assault his crime was gang related which is sad because his upbringing,childhood is what brought him into that lifestyle he and my mother were 17 years old when they had me when he was 18 he was arrested, sentenced,sent to prison over the last 20 years we had a close relationship or as close as a father daughter relationship can be under the circumstances I know this sounds grim and sad and it is but it makes me happy to know that all this time all these years away from my father have not been in vain my father is an amazing man over the years he discovered his passion for writing he has been published in Street roots which is a newspaper out in portland oregon my father has been a contributing columnist for that paper for some years now last year the supreme court ruled on the case which directly affected my father's status the case has to do with non animus verdict.my father was sentenced to a lifetime in prison by a non animus jury meaning not everyone thought he was guilty he maintains his innocence and he is now in the process of filing for clemency with the governor's office his possibilities of release in the next few months are extremely high for alot of reasons he has served the majority of his sentence which is the requirement but more than anything he has made tremendous changes within himself I love and admire my father he is the most intelligent person I know and I'm glad to have him as my father even though he's locked up I know he will be out next year my nightmare having my father away from like this will be over soon but he has a dream something that he constantly talks about he wrote a book and his plan is to get out so he can get a job work and raise the money to publish it which is admirable considering the fact that he wants to do this on his own however I want to realize his dream for him before he gets out of prison I know being a published author will be favorable to him and his petition. I made arrangements with a publishing company and all I need is the money everything else is set In place I'm currently in college I'm not employed i dedicate my entire time to work on my father's case making phone calls setting up appointments with his attorney,investigator and taking care of anything else that I could help with I am fully dedicated to seeing my father released from prison he has accomplished so much on his own I recently saw a video on YouTube and to my surprise he was part of a very important meeting in which he was advocating for himself for his release through the clemency process(youtube video: 35:18) in the state of Oregon obviously I am proud of him and you would be to if you get to know him help me realize my father's dream,thank you.
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