BradleyTheGreat Habitica 01-14-2023

Prompt: SETTING/CONFLICT - A man is falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison for life. He is rich enough to appeal, but prison seems to be treating him very financially challengedly. Write about the man trying to survive prison while waiting to get an appeal.

John sat in hia solitary cell, waiting for his next appeal. He had been falsely accused of killing a man in the town square. He had been walking through the square one night when it happened. A body was found, and John had looked identical to the killer, who may have actually been his evil twin.

But the courts did not believe this. They had little DNA evidence, given the fact it was only 1960 when the murder happened. Here John was, in 2023, while the real murderer was free.

John had gone into solitary after a guard got fed up with him ranting about how "broken" the system was. He had lost track of time in there. On top of that, he began to have hallucinations.

A guard went up to his cell and told him it was time to return to the general population. But by then, solitary had broken him so much it was hard to adjust. The next day, it was time to return to the courtroom, where he once again tried his best to prove his innocence. It was his lucky day: DNA evidence was finally presented. It turned out it was actually his doppleganger.

John was then set free from prison entirely. But he had trouble adjusting. Everyone was using their phones. John 83, and didn't understand the world around him. This was all on top of the effects of solitary confinement.