Comments on: Adam Drake: Lockup Colorado – He Just Shouldn’t Be In Jail

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:54:06 +0000

Once again, it woild seem like a case of a good law being applied poorly. Our judical system places so much power in the hands of judges, but throughout history, so many have abused that power that now they are limited in how they wield it. There is no reason the judge who tried the case shouldn’t be the one who is leading the call for Mr.Drake’s appeal. It’s very rare that I can feel sorry for a person that has been given a ‘life without parole’ sentence, but if the facts are what has been laid out here and in other articles I have read, my heart breaks for this young man. Good luck to him and those close to him. I truly hope he is able to win his appeal

By: Ronnie Weston

Ronnie Weston — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:48:06 +0000

Was wondering if there was anyway that I could call Adam to talk with him? I am an attorney and would love to share some things with him… westonronnie@yahoo.com is my email if there is any info on a phone conversation with him….

By: Eloise

Eloise — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:12:29 +0000

I recently saw the broadcast of the Lockup show and was introduced to Adam Drake. My heart has absolutely been broken for him. I feel so horribly about what has happened. I understand everyone must pay for what they have done but I feel life without the possibility of parole is extreme. Especially given the fact that just last month an 18yr old girl murdered a 9 yr old little girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone. She received life with the possibility of parole.
What can we do to help Adam. Will writing to the state of Colorado really help, especially coming from someone outside of the state? I live in Georgia. Is there advocate agencies we can petition to on his behalf?
I know the show was done in 2009. How is Adam doing now? I am going to write to him directly but since I show the show last month I think of Adam and pray for him every day. I have children that are his age when he went into prison and I can’t imagine how difficult it is to have your life end at such a young age. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks, El

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:32:39 +0000

Caitlin, I’d like to talk with you more about this. I found your Facebook through your gravatar profile. I am going to friend request & message you there.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:17:20 +0000

Hey Tara,

He was originally sent here to live with his Dad after living with his Mom in Colorado and getting in enough trouble for her to feel he could do better here. The requirements were that he had to have good behavior here. He did. He was doing unbelievably well here (friends who loved him, friends whose worst crimes were hanging out in graveyards at night singing “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” [he has the most amazing baritone, it made me die laughing], and friends who would have done anything for him), but after wearing an outfit to school that the Principal Dr Lisi, (Real name, I would love to see him suffer gangrene if Karma is true) didn’t like, he claimed Adam was a troublemaker and given the stipulations of his move to Massachusetts, just Lisi’s word was enough to have him sent home.

He was arrested for this crime less than a few months later.

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:54:21 +0000

Caitlin, what do you mean sent to CO from MA? I’m going to send Adam a letter. I was in an eerily similar situation at basically the same time he was. Only I had someone in my ear begging me not to kill the guy, but to call the police instead. This was in MA in Oct-Nov 1998. Adam’s case brought up so much of the past for me…

By: Ann A

Ann A — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:31:11 +0000

No teenager should receive a life sentence. Their brain has not fully developed at that age. That has been proven.
Copied 2012: Right now, juveniles in California can be sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. It is a sentence to die in prison.
The US is the only country in the world that applies this punishment to youth under the age of 18.
Several hundred teens have been sentenced to life without parole in California. Under the current law, not one of them will ever have the opportunity to demonstrate that they have turned their lives around and can safely re-enter society.
If Senate Bill 9 is enacted, California will set up a strict process for a judge to examine these individuals’ lives when they are older and determine if they are rehabilitated and remorseful. If so, they will then have a chance to earn parole after serving a minimum of 25 years.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:50:43 +0000

Hey. I got a Christmas card from him about a week before Christmas. He said he has trouble sometimes finishing letters. He is a sweetheart. He will write back. Sometimes it just takes a little while.

By: JoyLee Farrell Chase

JoyLee Farrell Chase — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:00:39 +0000

i correspond with him also, haven’t heard from him in awhile. When’s the last time you got a letter from him. I know it takes him awhile to respond a lot. HA.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:42:37 +0000

Hello. I have been corresponding with Adam for about 10 months now. He is a very sweet person and has a good soul. He does not deserve the punishment hee received.