My mom picked me up from my house at 7:30 and then drove out to Community Corrections. We met up with Megan and her parents. We all went inside, signed in, and then were taken back to a waiting room. One of the employees told us what to expect and other general information. We waited about an hour, since there was a hearing ahead of us for someone else. Around 9am, they called us back. We went through a long hallway and finally hit a conference room. Walking in was so intimidating. There was the parole board sitting at a long table, and on the other side, Andrew was sitting there. That's when I got nervous. We sat down and the board proceeded to ask him some questions.

Now, Andrew had an internal violation just about 2 months prior. Apparently while out on a day pass to find a job, he got together with his friends and got absolutely wasted. This was after he went through an 8 month, $60,000 alcohol program (he's had extreme problems with alcohol for years). This was on his first day pass, where they let them go into society to do things like find a job and such to prepare them for work release, if they are granted that. So he was a complete dumbass and went and got drunk. One of the parole board members asked him if this behavior was planned and the motherfucker said yes. He also admitted to not taking the program seriously until the 6th month, and his excuse for his behavior was that he hadn't read his Bible in 3 days. Oh. My. Fucking. God. That's bullshit if I've ever heard it. This whole time I'm shaking uncontrollably. I couldn't relax and almost got to the point of puking. After they were done talking to him, they called up anyone who wanted to testify against him.

I went first. I stood up and walked up to the table where they had me swear in. I sat down and they told me to go ahead with whatever comments I had. I started out by telling them that I wanted them to realize that this was MUCH more than just a burglary charge, and that out of all the people affected by his actions, that I was the one affected the most. I then proceeded to start telling them what happened, since they didn't have details on record. The moment I got to the part where I woke up to him kissing me, I started crying. I told them the rest and how much it has affected me over the last 5 years. That was seriously one of the scariest, yet liberating things I've ever done. I got to tell my side of the story right in front of him. He heard it straight from the victim.

After me, my mom went up. She pretty much just backed me up and read some excerpts from the transcripts of the sentencing hearing (like negative comments from the judge and the county attorney). Then Megan went up and explained how she was sure that he was stalking her a few weeks before the incident and how he pretty much mistook me for her (which is pretty much true). She also said how she was unnerved how he was in her space. After Megan, her mom went up and explained how she still has a 14 year old living in her home and how she doesn't feel comfortable with him going back to his parents' house since they just live a block away. I don't think the board knew how close they actually lived.

Then Andrew's mother spoke. Jesus christ. She, of course, was speaking in his favor. She expressed her want for him to be released back to their home where she would have him live by a set of rules (which she typed out and gave to the board to read). It was shit like no drugs/alcohol, no hanging out with people before checking with her, paying rent, doing chores, etc. WTF. This is all shit that kids should do anyway (besides the rent part). I mean, he was 22 when he was arrested and living at home, so he obviously wasn't following any type of rules. And jesus, he couldn't even comply with rules IN PRISON, so why the fuck would he if he's back in the environment he was in when he committed the crime?!? She was all like "we didn't raise him to be this way" BUUUULLLLLLSHITTTTTTTT. After she was done with her schpeel, his father came up. I'm convinced he was drunk or something, cause he was all slurry and I couldn't hear a word he said. All the time while his parents were talking, I was just rolling my eyes and glaring at him.

So then after everyone was done testifying, they had Andrew come back up. They asked him if he had any more comments, where he said he was sorry for all the trauma he's caused us and that he "hoped we didn't hate him" and that it was soooo hard for him because he has to live with what he did every day for the rest of his life. SORRY DUDE, NO ONE FEELS SORRY FOR YOU. After he was done, they had us leave the room so they could make their decision. About 10 minutes later, we were called back in, where they said that he would NOT be granted parole. He would do an in house treatment program and they'd do a psych evaluation on him, since there was obviously something wrong with him.

The only thing that sucks is that he's pretty much guaranteed to be let free in January of 2010, since he will have fulfilled the sentence. But I'm not worrying about that until it gets here.

It was just strange. A total mindfuck. I can't believe I actually did that. I've felt really strange all day, just sort of numb. Not happy, not sad, just numb. It was so weird to hear him talk (btw, he's a total idiot. He had horrible grammar and was pretty much bullshitting the whole time). It had been 5 years since I'd seen him, and the first time ever facing him. I'm proud of myself for this. My mom told me that the board was really taken back by my tesimony and were really able to see how much of a creep he is.