Ep. 36 Anthony Michael Jefferson: The Bumpy Road Less Traveled

Anthony Michael Jefferson’s family arrived in Hermosa Beach, California, from Trinidad and Tobago in 1968 when he was just a young boy. Growing up in the 70s, just after the Watts Riots in LA, there was a lot of cocaine around. As a young man, he got involved in dealing drugs with some very dangerous people. He soon had the money and the nice things he wanted, but it never felt like enough. His biggest regret is not having the courage to ask for help, not from his Mom or sister; his ambition blinded him. At 28 years old, he was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to 25 years to life. Anthony says: “At my trial, the judge told me there was hope; I would hang onto those words for the next 23 years.”