Pure Hope

“No Time To Waste”.... Since May is the month of Mothers I thought it would be a wonderful way of introducing you to a remarkable Woman/Mother/Grandmother who is currently serving time in Prison.  During a stormy night in February of 1984, Bill Prewitt was murdered in his bed and his wife Patty Prewitt was yanked from that bed and attacked.  Due to shoddy rural police work and gender prejudice, Patty immediately became the only suspect.  Although during the four-day jury trial she was offered a plea agreement that would have freed her over 20 years ago, she refused to plead guilty, was sentenced to “Life with No Parole for 50 Years” and was forced to leave her five young children who grew up, created families of their own, but have remained very close to their mother whom they love and know is innocent.    This is such a remarkable story that includes a professional actress named Elizabeth Ann Townsend, who studied and worked onstage and screen in New York City for a couple of decades.  Through interesting