MY NAME IS TIMOTHY SIMMONS, I'M 42 YRS OLD, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH SHORE AREA OF CHICAGO. I WAS INCARCERATED IN 2007 FOR A MURDER, IN 2009, I ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS BY PLEADING GUILTY. MY ONLY CHILD WAS BORN IN 2008, AND I VOWED TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON, NOT ONLY FOR HER, BUT TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING POSITIVE COULD DERIVE FROM THIS HORRIFIC TRAGEDY.

SINCE I'VE BEEN INCARCERATED, I'VE COMPLETED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, AND PROGRAMS IN A EFFORT TO REHABILITATE MYSELF. I'M NOT PERFECT, NO ONE IS, I'M NOT TRYING TO MITIGATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES. IF I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I'LL SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKE'S. ALL I ASK FOR IS A SENTENCE COMMUTATION, LOOK AT ALL I'VE ACCOMPLISHED THUS FAR, I HOPE TO COMPLETE MANY MORE GREAT THING'S IN THE FUTURE IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.

I WANT TO HELP LEAD THE YOUTH INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, OUR TOMORROW'S SEEMS DARK, THERE IS A LOT OF WISDOM TO BE GIVEN FROM THE MISTAKES I'VE MADE IN MY LIFE. IF I CAN SAVE ONE CHILD FROM THE HARDSHIP I'VE ENDURED, IT'D GIVE ME A SENSE OF COMFORT.