ISOLATION

No one in his estranged family will receive collect calls from a prison in South Dakota. And NO prison receives calls on behalf of a prisoner. His mother probably will never own another car unless someone donates it to her. It is a $109.00 one-way bus fare to Sioux Falls, SD; cab fare notwithstanding. His older daughter has nothing to do with him. The mother of his much younger daughter has nothing to do with him. His son is estranged from him. The son and daughter of his late twin sister are estranged from him.

He is sorely mistaken if he believes he will appear in person in front of the Appeals Court Panel. If they somehow grant him a new trial, he still will remain in prison since he remains a flight risk. Only an idiot would post bond for him.

The best he might hope for is a plea agreement instead of a new trial that reduces his sentences to concurrent rather than consecutive terms.

And of course, after his incarceration, he'll have to provide some excuse to his Lord and Savior about decapitating an 8-year-old child.