Riley Perez

Out of all the possibilities of what it could have been for, that was like the last thing on my list. So now I know, okay, we got to fight.

Out of all the possibilities of what it could have been for, that was like the last thing on my list. So now I know, okay, we got to fight.

I'm innocent. I know what you're talking about. I have to play that part. I knew I was going to have to sit for a while and fight this case out.

I'm innocent. I know what you're talking about. I have to play that part. I knew I was going to have to sit for a while and fight this case out.

Two counts of kidnapping, home invasion, robbery, extortion, two kidnapping charges. The kidnap for ransom held a penalty of life without parole. Two life sentences, yeah. I mean, how do you do one life sentence?

Two counts of kidnapping, home invasion, robbery, extortion, two kidnapping charges. The kidnap for ransom held a penalty of life without parole. Two life sentences, yeah. I mean, how do you do one life sentence?

At that point, it becomes survival.

At that point, it becomes survival.

No, didn't have time for that. It would have been a wasted emotion. I was sitting in the county jail with gangbangers rioting daily, facing the real potential of death every day while still waging this war in the courts where if I lose, I go away for life. So, yeah, wondering who's not going to want me back in their club was the farthest thing from my mind. It was, how am I going to survive this?

No, didn't have time for that. It would have been a wasted emotion. I was sitting in the county jail with gangbangers rioting daily, facing the real potential of death every day while still waging this war in the courts where if I lose, I go away for life. So, yeah, wondering who's not going to want me back in their club was the farthest thing from my mind. It was, how am I going to survive this?

Stale courtroom, wood panel walls. The judge was about 800 years old. You know, tried and tested veteran of the legal system.

Stale courtroom, wood panel walls. The judge was about 800 years old. You know, tried and tested veteran of the legal system.

Ron asked me, you know, what do you want to start? I said, give me probation. He's like, yeah, they're not going to go for that. I said, all right, seven. He said, well, they're looking at 13. So now it's the back and forth. We'll say eight. They'll come back maybe at 10.

Ron asked me, you know, what do you want to start? I said, give me probation. He's like, yeah, they're not going to go for that. I said, all right, seven. He said, well, they're looking at 13. So now it's the back and forth. We'll say eight. They'll come back maybe at 10.

First off, the potential that I could be busted, that always existed. I did the crime. So in the negotiating and talking with Ron in our private talks, his question to me is, what can you live with? OK, well, we wanted something in the single digit range. So getting to 10 years, eight months, that was his goal once we were in the bargaining stage. I was okay with it because I did the crime.

First off, the potential that I could be busted, that always existed. I did the crime. So in the negotiating and talking with Ron in our private talks, his question to me is, what can you live with? OK, well, we wanted something in the single digit range. So getting to 10 years, eight months, that was his goal once we were in the bargaining stage. I was okay with it because I did the crime.

After sitting in jail for a year and witnessing the insane asylum, being involved in riots that are gang-based, that have nothing to do with you, just get me to a point where the amount of time that I'm gonna do, I can still Have a life afterwards. I won't be an old man walking the prison yard coming out with very few options left in life.

After sitting in jail for a year and witnessing the insane asylum, being involved in riots that are gang-based, that have nothing to do with you, just get me to a point where the amount of time that I'm gonna do, I can still Have a life afterwards. I won't be an old man walking the prison yard coming out with very few options left in life.

Yeah, no one's just going to ask you that. The main reason they ask that question is because they want to make sure you're not a child molester or you're not a rat. So, yeah, your folks, the folks you run with, they're going to want to know. You give them your paperwork, they see it. Now, granted, my paperwork was on the cover of L.A. Times.

Yeah, no one's just going to ask you that. The main reason they ask that question is because they want to make sure you're not a child molester or you're not a rat. So, yeah, your folks, the folks you run with, they're going to want to know. You give them your paperwork, they see it. Now, granted, my paperwork was on the cover of L.A. Times.