Impact Letter to Family Member **Possible Triggers**

DISCLAIMER-This is a hypothetical letter I could imagine myself reading in a court of law if the violator was prosecuted, found guilty and it is now their sentencing hearing. And I am given an opportunity to read a Victim Impact Letter.

Wilber

I have thought about this day for a very long time.  The family may not believe me.  That does not matter.  What matters the most is that there was enough evidence for a jury of 12 to find you GUILTY.  Today is the day that you will finally be punished for that horrible crime that you committed over 24 years ago.

You thought that your charm and kindness would find you innocent but it did not.  You could have remodeled grandmas house from top to bottom but you were still guilty of raping me.

I hope they throw the whole book at you.  I want you to get the maximum penalty.  I want you to sit in a prison cell and really suffer.  To know true loneliness and despair.  Because that is what I have felt for over 2 decades.

I have been the black sheep of the family.  Because I accused the innocent Wilber of such a horrible crime.  Now it is not just me accusing you.  Now you have been found guilty and you will serve time for that crime.

I hope that during this time in prison that somehow you will finally acknowledge your guilty.  Not downplaying that a Billy Idol video drove you to do this.  That you will admit that you raped your sleeping cousin.  You betrayed the trust of the family.  Talking about a family that label was removed in the description of our relationship.  We are only related now.  And now you will have a new label “Convicted Felon”

I am no longer a prisoner for this pain.  Now you will be the one who will be a prisoner.  I am finally set free.