ALABAMA
CBS 42
[with video]
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) – Jason Lee now lives out of state, but he will be at the parole hearing for Donald Corley tomorrow morning in Montgomery. For Lee, every day is a reminder of what happened decades ago involving the former scout leader, church leader, and mentor who was convicted of sexually abusing him and two other children.
“I wake up every day and I have to say okay- I’m not who I was then. I’m not going to believe anything he told me. I’m going to be my own person. I am an adult now,” said Lee.
It is that impact on Jason Lee’s life, and those of other victims, that spawned a movement to keep Corley locked up: the 30-is-30 campaign.
“Three boys pressed charges. He received a total of 30 years in jail. That’s 10 years per child. That’s 10 years for me that he’s in jail for. I’m worth more than 10 years, I can’t change the law, I can’t change the sentence he was given, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to willingly let him get out before he has served his full ten years for me,” said Lee.
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