It's fascinating to read the original 2012 Golf Digest article, which has a subhed of "Golf Saved My Life [0]. But he didn't know at the time that the Golf Digest profile would lead to new interest in his case, just that it gave him psychological resolve. This is an excerpt in which he describes being in the same prison as the man who was actually responsible for the murder:
> I now see LaMarr regularly. One year after I was convicted, LaMarr shot a teenager in the face after an armed robbery and made him a quadriplegic. I choose not to hold a grudge against LaMarr because psychologically, it would kill my spirit. LaMarr's eligible for parole in 2018; I'm not up until 2030.
More than 3/4 of the Golf Digest article is about the details of Dixon's case. According to the new story [1] (which should probably be the URL for this submission, rather than the BBC recap), GD seems to have gotten interested because of Dixon's drawings first, and then became even more interested when they heard about the details of the case. Kudos to them for investigating it.
> I now see LaMarr regularly. One year after I was convicted, LaMarr shot a teenager in the face after an armed robbery and made him a quadriplegic. I choose not to hold a grudge against LaMarr because psychologically, it would kill my spirit. LaMarr's eligible for parole in 2018; I'm not up until 2030.
More than 3/4 of the Golf Digest article is about the details of Dixon's case. According to the new story [1] (which should probably be the URL for this submission, rather than the BBC recap), GD seems to have gotten interested because of Dixon's drawings first, and then became even more interested when they heard about the details of the case. Kudos to them for investigating it.
[0] https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf-saved-my-life-valentin...
[1] https://www.golfdigest.com/story/for-valentino-dixon-a-wrong...