Mental Exoneration

By Shelbia Carter Wiley and Yusuf Malik Sentwali

When one thinks of exoneration, the first thing that comes to mind is incarceration. One may think that a person was sent to prison for a crime committed, but after reviewing solid evidence, it was discovered that the person was not guilty of the alleged crime or has served enough time for a miniscule offense that did not warrant a long-term prison sentence.

This book is not about a physical prison at all; it depicts the life of a young girl who was mentally incarcerated. She was thrust into repetitive sexual abuse beginning at a very young age and continuing through adolescence. After blaming herself for many years, she finally had her sentence of agony, pain, frustration, etc. exonerated.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546242703

Shelbia Carter Wiley

Shelbia Carter Wiley enjoys writing and has been writing since she was a very young child. At the age of 15, she had a column in the Afro American Newspaper edited by Harold Troy in Whiteville, NC. She attended Fayetteville State University and majored in English for 3 years and later changed her major to Psychology. She received her Associates in Business Administration/Micro Computer from Forsyth Technical College, undergraduate in Psychology from Shaw University and M.Ed from Capella University. She is currently an educator in the Horry County Schools district. She has worked as a special education teacher, school administrator, and chief federal programs officer. She is also an ordained minister with a degree in Theology and Christian Counseling.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/13/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-4271-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-4270-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018906016

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Bibliography

FOREWORD

When one thinks of exoneration, the first thing that comes to mind is incarceration. One may think that a person was sent to prison for a crime committed, but after reviewing solid evidence, it was discovered that the person was not guilty of the alleged crime or has served enough time for a miniscule offense that did not warrant a long term prison sentence.

This book is not about a physical prison at all; but it depicts the life of a young girl that was mentally incarcerated. She was thrust into repetitive sexual abuse beginning at a very young age and continued through adolescence. After pinning the blame on herself for many years, she finally had her sentence of agony, pain, frustration, etc. exonerated.

The emotional essence of this story is relatable and understandable by many people that have experienced the same type of abuse that caused them to be bound and imprisoned for many years. We soon learn that imprisonment begins in the mind and only until the mind gives way to freedom is that person truly free.

This book uses poetry as a segway to begin or end each chapter. The boxes at the end of the chapters provide information that can be shared in small groups and/or with individuals.

MENTAL EXONERATION

(THE EXONERATED LIFE)

CHAPTER 1

By Shelbia Carter Wiley

                Whose tutelage am I under

                And what lessons will I learn

                Will they affect my being

                Or will they make my stomach turn

                Will they rob me of my innocence

                Or teach me about the deep

                I flinch at the subtle invasion

                A way out is what I seek

                Am I the only victim

                That succumbs to your host

                Will I survive this destruction

                Or lose what I am the most

……an innocent girl…

Angela, Angela!, her mother called to her with frustration in her voice.