I'm writing this concerning Kim Thul Ouk's matter. He has been in incarceration for the past 28 years since 1992. He was found guilty when he was 15 years old. Without knowing the States of Minnesota laws he was given a life sentence. He came here as a refugee from Cambodia in 1981. He has seen many things that a child should not see and didn't know the rights and wrongs at the time because of his refugee status. Upon arriving in the United States.

This is what he has to say:

I was 15 years old when I was convicted and sentenced to 90 years to life for first-degree murder. I have been in prison since 1992.

While in prison I have earned my G.E.D, enrolled in College, and completed many Rehabilitation Programs and involved myself in Restorative Justice causes and Dog Training and Vocational Education.

I have spent all of my adolescent life in prison, I will be in prison for 30 years in 2022, I am remorseful and sorry for the lives that were lost and I know that the pain of these loses will never be truly healing for the victims and their families.

While in prison I have invested my time wisely each day:

In the morning I meditate for 20 minutes.
And I have taken compassion and courage as my core values and my North Star.

I also mentor inmates in the Law library helping other inmates getting out of prison, encouraging them to believe in the rule of law, and live according to the rules of society so that they can live a productive life when they get out.

I have consistently taken advantage of the educational opportunity that is offered in prison. I believed that through education I have become more empathic and socially conscious.

I believe in the goodness of people and that individuals can do more than they think, this is why I have encouraged other inmates to invest in their education and to believe that they too can help create peace and harmony in the world.

I was a young 15-year-old kid at that time of my sentencing. I ask for mercy and freedom. Also, my only wish to be released to Cambodia custody for a second chance in life.

UPDATE: KIM THUL OUK OWN WORDS

Whats going on in my case is:

I am being denied a Juvenile Release Hearing because the D.O.C Commisioner circumvented the legislation of the Juvenile Release Hearing Board in my case.

In September 2023 the Commissioner cals me for my regular Adult Parole Hearing. Later on, the Commisioner claims it was also a Juvenile Release Hearing without my knowledge and stated to come back ten years from noew for another hearing. 

The New Juvenile Release Board was established on July 1, 2024. Im denied a hearing due to a technicality and a wrongful due process in the system wich I cant benefit from the new Juvenile Protection Laws. The Commissioner had conducted a an illegal due process. which was an unofficial, unethical, unauthentic, and unauthorized a Juvenile Hearing for me.

Please help sign and share this petition to support reducing my de facto death sentence to 30 years with time served and a chance to go back to my homeland Cambodia. I am a refugee. I am not a U.S. citizen my only wish and hope is to be deported back to cambodia for a second chance in life.