'It ain't worth it, bro' - Isaiah Chance's message to Jacksonville — Foolio Murder Sentencing

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm kind of nervous. [00:00:02] Speaker 2: It's all right. [00:00:16] Speaker 1: It's all right. What I did right, what I did right, Sean kind of covered predominantly what I did right. Okay. And my lawyer just told me I couldn't talk about a lot of things. [00:00:36] Speaker 2: Well, you just need to be careful. If you start talking about the facts of the case, you could end up creating more evidence against you, so that's probably his concern. So I just want you to be aware of that. But even if you're repeating what Mr. Gathright said, you still have the right to say it. So I don't want you to feel that you can't talk just because Mr. Gathright already said it. [00:01:00] Speaker 1: Okay. All right. I don't, I'm sorry. I don't even have or know the right words to say that can rectify the intense severity of how I am situated currently corresponding to my citizen right now. I don't think anyone with a reasonable mind frame could adjust their conscience to the reality of something just absurd, especially being this young. This is harder than what I intended. I'm going to be honest. I feel like our appearances here were more political based and solely on our 6th and 14th Amendment, which guarantees our right to a fair trial with an impartial jury for each defendant. Being that I wanted to say something to you directly. [00:02:04] Speaker 2: No, that's fine. And you're more than welcome to disagree with any way I may have ruled in the case. You just can't be... [00:02:13] Speaker 1: Repeat the facts. [00:02:14] Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, you don't need to repeat the facts, but you know, you just can't be rude to me. That's all I'm asking. You can express disagreement. I have thick skin and they'll be in the pellet review of everything I did, but just don't be disrespectful because then I'm going to have to tell you to sit down and it becomes a thing. So let's just not have a thing. [00:02:32] Speaker 1: Yes, ma'am. All right. Okay. So thank you. You are all right. So Judge Sisko, unlike the rest of my co-defendants here, they all are charged with being the alleged shooters and have the same verdicts. However, me on the other hand, the one who was charged with me for playing the same alleged role as I gets found not guilty for what I am charged with. Alicia case didn't contradict the Halea shooter versus the state case. I don't even think it's possible it could have. However, it contradicts mine being the only principle here because both of our jury's decisions contradicts each other. The only nuance is I went to trial with three other people who have the same verdict as I, and she didn't. Alicia get found not guilty for my current charge. It wasn't a coincidence. Basically, what I'm saying is Alicia in the state alleged that we played, oh, that's getting into the facts about the case. [00:03:35] Speaker 2: Well, that's okay. If I'm hearing you correctly, you are taking issue with the fact that you're, I don't know if she's your current or former girlfriend, but she went to trial. She was convicted of a manslaughter and got 15 years, and now you're here facing life, and I would assume that seems unjust to you. [00:03:54] Speaker 1: Yeah, that's highly unjust. I seen Susie Lopez on the news this morning, and she was saying that justice has been served. Absolutely, if you see it from that perspective. But everything that's a perspective is based on perception. So, if you say that's justice, okay, but when you look at it, if you put me and Alicia up on, like, side by side, that's unjust, like, it's injustice. Like, it doesn't make sense. Like, it's contrary to my verdict. Like, her jury made their decision. My jury made, well, our jury made their decision, but it contradicts, like, both of our verdicts. The only difference is, like, I went to trial with my co-defendants, and she went to trial by herself. So, I feel like, personally, I got guilt more so by association than, like, participation. That's all I really wanted to say. Sorry, because this is way more harder than I anticipated. But that's all I think. [00:05:12] Speaker 2: Sure. Sure. And you probably know when Ms. Andrews went to trial, she basically penned it all on you. [00:05:19] Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, I don't know. You know when, as I sit with my lawyer, like, he's very, like, he's probably shivering over there because he don't know what I'm going to say out my mouth. [00:05:31] Speaker 2: Right. He's very concerned. [00:05:34] Speaker 1: Definitely. You're, a lot of people don't know, but before you go to trial, you try to be optimistic. But, everything is done strategically. So, how the lawyers optimize what they're going to say or what they're going to do, they do it with the client. You know, I'm not saying what she's saying was wrong or not wrong or what he wanted her to say or what she said, you know. But, that's all I do. I want to say something to, like, Jacksonville, though, too. So, to my city, man. It ain't worth it, boy. Like, it ain't worth it. Like, me being a rapper from my city and Fulio being a rapper from our city. It ain't worth it. Like, my mouth getting dry, sorry. Like, the dissing, the beefing, the shooting, like, for what? Like, for what? Like, when you sitting in your cell alone, cold, it's lonely and hell in that bit. everybody leave you. Like, nobody here for you. Like, the ones, the ones that's your ride or die, your girlfriends, whoever you love, the only person that's for you is your mother and maybe, like, one friend. Maybe. But, it ain't worth it, though, bro. It ain't worth it. I was 21 years old facing the death penalty. I never, ever, the only, my only interactions with law enforcement was traffic tickets. Wake up next morning, I'm facing the death penalty. That's how quick life can change. It ain't worth it, bro. That's all. And sorry if I was nervous. Sorry. [00:07:34] Speaker 2: No, it's okay, Mr. Chance. And thank you for saying that. [00:07:39] Speaker 1: Yes, ma'am. [00:07:43] Speaker 2: Your Honor, Mr. Damien.