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Interviews
with the Condemned
Interview no.14 (2006-05-09)
Carol King is being interviewed for the 14th interview of our "Interviews with the Condemned" serie. Carol is being housed at Muncy, Pennsylvania's unit for condemned women. Please click here to visit Carol's profile (plus address if you like to contact her). We like to thank Carol for her contributions and for answering the questions.
Personality: Name:
Carol A. King
1: Question:
Where were you born and raised? Answer:
2: Question: Will you share with us what it was like for you growing up? (Did you have a pet, a favorite game, hiding place, or favorite toy? Were you raised by both parents, a single parent or relative?) Answer:
3: Question:
Do you have a favorite childhood memory? If so, what is it? Answer:
My favorite childhood
memory is being able to go fishing with my grandfather.
4: Question:
Did you like school? If so, share with us your favorite memory from your
school years. Answer:
Yes, I liked school
and my favorite subject was science because I liked anything related to
medicine.
5: Question:
What person or event impacted you most as a child? Answer:
My
grandfather had the biggest impact on my life because he was the kind of
person that treated everyone the same and was fait with all people.
6: Question:
What hobbies or activities did you participate in while growing up, e.g.
scouting, sports, etc. Answer:
My favorite hobby was
taking care of my animals, especially horses.
7: Question:
What was your first job? Please describe your duties/responsibilities
and whether or not you liked the job. Answer: My first job was working in a fast food, and no, I did not really care for it.
8: Question:
As a child or teenager, what did you want to do when you grew up? Why? Answer: I always wanted to be a nurse and be able to help others.
9: Question: Do you have a favorite movie or book? Please elaborate. Answer:
10: Question:
Where was the most beautiful or special place that you can remember
having visited? Please describe it. Answer:
11: Question: What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you? Answer: -
12: Question:
What job or occupation did you have prior to your incarceration? Were
you employed at the time of your arrest? Answer: Yes, I did have a job before I came here, it was a nurse.
13: Question:
Were you involved with drugs or alcohol prior to your incarceration? If
so, please share the effects this had on your life. Answer:
Yes, I was involved
in drugs, and the effect it had on my life is it destroyed my future.
But it had a huge effect on my family also because I was not able to be
there and help them when they needed me, because of my drug use.
14: Question: What do you miss most about the outside world and why? Answer: Human contact. Being able to get and give a hug. Or to sit down and talk to someone face to face.
15: Answer:
Not being there for
my grandparents when they needed someone to help take care of them.
16: Question:
Do
you have any strong spiritual or religious beliefs? If so do they
influence how you view the future? Answer:
Yes,
I’m a Catholic and I believe I would not be alive today to fight for
my life, if God had not saved me. I know that God loves all of us and
that he loves us when we are doing good or bad. All he wants from us to
ask him for help, because once we do our life will start to change. And
no, you may not get the answer you want right when you want it, but it
will always be on time.
17: Question: How important is it for you to have contact with your family, friends and/or the outside world? Please elaborate. Answer:
18: Question:
Do you remember your first thoughts
when hearing the jury’s verdict of death as your sentence? Will you
share this experience with us, e.g. your thoughts, feelings, reactions? Answer:
No,
I don’t remember what my thoughts were because I was in shock that
this could happen to me. I help to save lives and I don’t take them.
19: Question:
What is a typical day like for you on
death row? Answer: I’m locked up 22 to 24 hours a day with a camera on me. I am stripped and handcuffed each time I come out and return to my cell. I am allowed outside for two hours a day, Monday through Friday, in a Kennel that is surrounded by fence and razor wire on all sides and then in a brick wall. My view is the sky. You get 3, ten minute, showers a week. Everything else is done in your cell.
20: Question:
Do you feel that capital punishment
serves as a deterrent? Yes/No Please elaborate on your answer. Answer: No, I don’t believe in capital punishment helps at all, because taking a life will never return or repay for the life that was taken. I believe life in prison is much worse, because you have to relive that day each and every day for the rest of your life. All you can do is sit while life passes you by and know that you will never be a part of the outside world again.
21: Question:
If you could change one thing in the
world today, what would it be and why? Answer: I would change it were everyone loves each other for their differences and because of their differences. Life is far too precious to hate anyone or anything, just embrace it. Love each other as you love yourself.
22: Question:
If you could go back in time, where
and to what date would you travel and why? Answer:
I would go back to
the start, where Eve ate the apple and stop her from that, because if
she had been obedient then life would be different now.
23: Question:
What has been the most important and
life-altering event you have experienced? Answer: To be sentenced to death, because after that you have no life. I mean yes, I am still alive but nothing is mine. I have no say in what I can do or what I can have even.
24: Question:
What is the most important thing that
you want our visitors to know about you? Answer:
That
I’m here on death row and I still need people in my life, even more
now that I am here because they are all I have.
25: Question: If you have anything else that you
would like included as a part of this interview, please share it with us
now. Answer: The only other thing I like to add is how important it is for people to reach out to us, and let us know that there are people out there that care whether we live or die. Yes, I do care about myself, but I would love to know that there are others that care also. Please reach out to me!!!
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