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Justice Served: Jones Sentenced

Written by EPelle
Published January 13, 2008
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If she can make good use of her time in helping others help themselves, Jones may find that honesty really is the best policy.  FPC Bryan will allow Jones to use her college degree within the prison walls.  Though a communication specilalist, Jones can tutor and mentor women who are working toward earning their GED certificates. There is no greater truth she will witness than the varying levels of education women in the facility will possess.  There is little wiggle room for a person behind on maths or without a good grasp of the English language to fake their way to a passing score.

Marion Jones has an opportunity to make a difference to these women, and by doing so, to start making a difference to herself. 

Her postal codes have changed significantly over the past year, and she will soon have her mail sent to 1100 Ursuline Avenue in Bryan, Texas - to a facility located in an unpopular area of town. Perhaps coming down from her castle to the slums where the walls tell stories of worry, frustration and longing to be free will liberate Jones. Then again, as shown on more than one occasion, it may only increase her desire to maintain her inner resolve, resulting in another facade under which to live, hide and escape when the pressures mount.

She has two months to prepare herself for entry into the penal system and her boot camp.  She'll have six additional months to figure out what to do with the rest of her life, and two years and 800 hours to commit to a plan to give back to the sport from which she robbed. 

Will you see her sooner rather than later is the pressing question, as she has more tough answers to provide when Graham makes his way into the Federal courthouse in San Francisco, CA in five month's time - or three months into Jones's sentence.

Until then, she can practice playing the children's game "Truth or Dare?" with her eldest son and see how many times she can pick the former, rather than the latter. 

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Justice Served: Jones Sentenced
Published: January 13, 2008
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Section: Sports
Filed Under: Sports: Olympic
Writer: EPelle
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