Evaristo Salas Jr.

Yeah, it feels good.

My name is Elristo Salas Jr.

I was wrongly convicted of first degree premeditated murder when I was 15 years old and I was sentenced to 32 years, nine months.

I've been incarcerated for...

About 26 years and six months.

It wasn't too overwhelming.

It was something that I've always envisioned and missed.

It didn't disappoint.

I mean, everybody came together and

I was, you know, the reason why everybody came together because everybody, you know, growing up, they have their lives, they have their kids.

They had to juggle between two families, you know, the wife and then, you know, the son, that kind of stuff.

So, but they all came together and made it a good Christmas, made it a good birthday.

So all the holidays, they've all come together and we've celebrated together, which is, it's amazing.

It really feels amazing.

Felt good at the time.

I don't know how long it's going to last, because like I said, you know, everybody had the joy of, you know, of me being out.

And I hope that it continues, you know, because I just I spoke to him during the family reunions and stuff and told him, look, you know, if you want this to continue, everybody has to put the effort in it.

Everybody has to do their part and not kind of wait for individuals to be invited, that kind of stuff.

You know, I'm trying to get them out of this mentality where they feel ignored.

Well, they have to invite me or this because if you wanted to work, you just have to do your part and not worry about if someone's going to invite you or do that or that.