FAQs
Why is your dad in jail?
The attempted murder of his third wife.
How long has he been in?
He was arrested June 27, 2002 and sentenced in October 30, 2002 to 20 years with a possibility of parole after serving 10 years.
Is he guilty?
If you ask him, he is not. If you ask the cops who arrested him, he is. Twelve of his peers agreed with the cops. He is requesting an appeal of that decision. Read how the press reported it.
Was this the first time he ever did anything like this?
No. At the time of the attempted murder, he was on probation for spousal abuse. The summer before my senior year in high school, he assaulted my mom over the course of several hours. Had I not been there to stop him, who knows how things would have ended.
Did he go to jail for hurting your mom?
No. This was Texas in the days before Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered. The cops simply told him leave. He did. Then came back a few minutes later even more furious. The cops came back and arrested him for not obeying their orders. He never served time for assault because my mother did not press charges.
Why are your parents deaf?
My dad and three of his sisters were born deaf but six other siblings were not. So, who knows. There was never any history in his family and no one has been deaf since.
My mom was born hearing, so she can speak. Very beautifully, in fact. Her hearing rapidly deteriorated so that she began attending the Oklahoma School for the Deaf at age 16. Her sister was born deaf as were both of her parents (my grandparents) and her mother's brothers and sisters were all deaf.
Then why aren't you deaf?
My dad's genes won out, I guess.
Do you know sign language?
Yes. Growing up with a Deaf family using American Sign Language ("ASL") is just like growing up around any other language. So, if my parents spoke only Spanish, I would be fluent in Spanish instead.
Then how did you learn to talk?
By hearing the television, my mom and brother (also hearing) and the world around me. I actually began speaking in sign language first as a baby. In fact, this photo was taken when I was only six months old saying "Mama" in sign language. By the time I was sixteen months old, I was speaking fluently and singing songs in both voice and sign language. So if you ever questioned the validity of those studies with babies and sign language, don't!
The attempted murder of his third wife.
How long has he been in?
He was arrested June 27, 2002 and sentenced in October 30, 2002 to 20 years with a possibility of parole after serving 10 years.
Is he guilty?
If you ask him, he is not. If you ask the cops who arrested him, he is. Twelve of his peers agreed with the cops. He is requesting an appeal of that decision. Read how the press reported it.
Was this the first time he ever did anything like this?
No. At the time of the attempted murder, he was on probation for spousal abuse. The summer before my senior year in high school, he assaulted my mom over the course of several hours. Had I not been there to stop him, who knows how things would have ended.
Did he go to jail for hurting your mom?
No. This was Texas in the days before Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered. The cops simply told him leave. He did. Then came back a few minutes later even more furious. The cops came back and arrested him for not obeying their orders. He never served time for assault because my mother did not press charges.
Why are your parents deaf?
My dad and three of his sisters were born deaf but six other siblings were not. So, who knows. There was never any history in his family and no one has been deaf since.
My mom was born hearing, so she can speak. Very beautifully, in fact. Her hearing rapidly deteriorated so that she began attending the Oklahoma School for the Deaf at age 16. Her sister was born deaf as were both of her parents (my grandparents) and her mother's brothers and sisters were all deaf.
Then why aren't you deaf?
My dad's genes won out, I guess.
Do you know sign language?
Yes. Growing up with a Deaf family using American Sign Language ("ASL") is just like growing up around any other language. So, if my parents spoke only Spanish, I would be fluent in Spanish instead.
Then how did you learn to talk?By hearing the television, my mom and brother (also hearing) and the world around me. I actually began speaking in sign language first as a baby. In fact, this photo was taken when I was only six months old saying "Mama" in sign language. By the time I was sixteen months old, I was speaking fluently and singing songs in both voice and sign language. So if you ever questioned the validity of those studies with babies and sign language, don't!
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