Letters from the Inside, Christopher Porco, #1

If you aren't familiar with Christopher Porco, here is a bit about him and why he was sentenced to life in jail:

Wikipedia, Christopher Porco

TruTV: Christopher Porco Murder Case

48 Hours Mystery Porco Video

Times Union Archive: Porco

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[typed on blue paper]

Dear Kelly,

Please accept my apology for not getting back to you sooner. I had originally planned on writing ot you when I got your note, but got sidetracked as I often do, and forgot about it until I was going through and tossing old letters out. Please don't be offended by that, I procrastinate way too often, and it usually ends up with me forgetting about someting I needed or wanted to do.

It was very sweet of you to take the time to write, I hear from peopole I do not know somewhat frequently, but rarely write them back, for a variety of reasons. More often than not, it is because despite my status as a guest of the state, I tend to get pretty busy, and don't write the people in my life as often as I should. You sound like a very nice person, one that I wuold love to correspond with, but I do have a concern when you mentioned your background in media. I don't think this was your intention, but I have no interest at this point in any type of media exposure. I didn't get the impression that was on your mind, but you just mentioned that you had some experience. What paper was your column in? I get The Post here daily, it's by far my favorite paper.

I want to keep this brief, but I will give you just a little background on who I am. You may have an idea from the stuff on TV, but unfortunately it is difficult for someone to get an accurate picture of a person through that lens. So if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I am currently appealing my conviction, the briefs are all submitted, and oral arguments shoudl be this Fall, we will have a date soon I think. The lawyers are confident that we will win, but they said that before trial too, so you never know.

I live in a cell block with about 250 other inmates here at Clinton. I think there are a couple thousand inmates total here. Beyond the fact that it is prison, and I am separated from my family and friends, it is not too terrible. After three years or so, I am mostly used to it, which in itself is a good thing. I am taking 15 credit hours right now through Louisiana State University, and am getting closer to a Bachelor's at the ripe age of 26. What is your educational background? Beyond that I just try to stay in shape, and live day to day. I am blessed to have wonderful family and friends, who have stuck around some really tough years.

I would love to hear more about you, where you work, go to school, just general stuff. Career aspirations? I would love to read some of your writing as well. That is, if you can get over the delay in writing slight.

I am going to end this for now, please feel free to write me if you get a moment, I would love to hear from you, and I promise to be better about staying in touch in the future. Feel free to ask whatever you want as well, I am a pretty open person. Take care of yourself, I hope you hear from you before long.

--Chris

P.S. Cute picture by the way...How old are you?

[Ed.: Excessive comma usage and typos are his.]