Jesse Damon Interview
Jesse, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Why do you think you were chosen for the main character in a crime series? Hadn't thought about it. Maybe 'cause you don't hear from people who live on the edge of society like I do. You know, kind of give us a voice. And Mr. Ramirez, my parole officer, told me he thought it would be a good idea if I came. Your PO says he thinks something's a good idea, if you’re smart, you do it. Tell us a little about yourself. Ain't much to tell. I picked up a murder conviction when I was sixteen. What you might call a defining moment in my life. So I was locked up for almost twenty years. Now I'm just trying t o make it on parole. Not be one of those recidivism statistics. You know, all those people who get caught up in the revolving door of prison/parole/back to prison. But y'know, they don't make it easy. Did you kill somebody? Not directly. I mean, I wasn’t the triggerman. My older brothers...