PRAYERS UP: Kirk Franklin Sister Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

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Kirk Franklin shared that his sister has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, wonders if it was more he could’ve done to help.

In an Instagram post that he captioned “Rough Week” the Gospel superstar shared the heartbreaking news.

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Franklin didn’t share why his sister was given such a lengthy sentence, but back in 2015 he opened up about his sister and her drug habit.

For over ten years, my younger sister was incarcerated in a facility here in Texas. She was in love with a young man who was drug dealer. He introduced her to not only selling drugs, but using as well. When he was arrested for drug trafficking, she was arrested along with him. After she served her time, she was brought before the review board who determined she was ready to be released and brought back into society. The documents were signed and she was set free… but only on paper.

After a few months back into the free world, it became obvious to me rather quickly that my sister was still in prison. It’s what they call being institutionalized. She quickly started using again, becoming very reckless with her body, which turned into her using it as a means to pay for her habit.

But what about the papers that were signed offering her freedom and a new life?

Why was she not able to embrace the freedom the documents offered?

Because the words on the paper did not possess the power to give her what she truly needed: new data or a new mind. Basically she couldn’t experience the written word to be the living word, so she continued being a slave to her past.

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