So much for professional distance

Monday in court, one of my in-custody clients motioned me over to the box. "Come see me," he said, "I've got something to tell you that will blow you away."

This afternoon I saw him, and he gave me one of the most gratifying client moments I've had in a good long time. I can't tell you details, but somehow he has made a huge breakthrough in his thinking and his heart that might just save his life, inshallah, even if his path takes him back to the pen.

He cried and I cried with him. Remorse and hope poured out together. He talked about G_d and how disappointed he was in himself. I suggested that G_d wasn't through with him yet.

It was an all-around good day at the jail.