LOOK AT ME NOW

A real-life story of a young boy who went to the streets in search of having fun and wanting to belong; at the age of nine and after nine years of playing the game, he found instead a sentence of 61 years incarcerated in the Illinois prison system.The Judge asked, "Have you reached a verdict?"Jury Forman, "Yes, your Honor."Judge, "Will the defendant stand and face the jury?"Forman, "We the jury find Dustin Clover guilty on all four charges."Dustin now facing the Judge waited for his sentencing.The Judge pronounced, "Mr. Clover, having been found guilty of said charges, I sentence you to 48 years plus 13 years from your previous conviction. Starting immediately. Court adjourned."You could feel the heaviness in that room. This was never the way his life was to play out.