Jackie’s Judgement

By mcscraic

Fri, 15 Aug 2025

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Jackie’s Judgement
By Paul McCann

He sat on the chair with wires connected around his body to a switch on a panel .
The prison officer stood waiting for his instructions .
One phone call would give the command to turn the switch on and end the prisoners life .
This was the day when he was to loose his life . As he sat there in the chair he had flashbacks of his childhood when he walked with his friends to school and fought in the playground with those who weren’t his friends .
He recalled other events in his life unfolding , the day he joined the boxing club and some of the fights he won .
All his life was fighting for one thing or another .
Both his parents weren’t happy about him in being involved with boxing .
After his father left the house and never came back things were never the same .
He could still hear his Mammy’s voice say ,

“ If you want to stay in this house you better get out and find a real job “

He gave up his boxing career and went looking for work . So many interviews but no job to show for it . Things were getting harder for him at home with his Mammy still screaming at him to get a job .
He heard about a job as a bouncer at a local pub and applied . He told the owner of the pub about his boxing skill and was hired . Jackie was wanting to impress the boss and on the first night on the job , he killed man with his bare fists . When the owner of the pub called the police Jackie panicked and ran away .
He went to ground and hid in places where we couldn’t be seen and became one of homeless in the city . He started breaking into houses and robbing shops to get some money . Now Jacky was an
angry and dangerous man out of control . Having nothing to live for he went on a wild rampage that cost the lives of many other people .
Then he remembered the day he was captured by the police who had a good description of him from the video footage of the general store he robbed . During that robbery he killed the shop owner who refused to hand over the money from the till .
Now he was arrested and after questioning he confessed to other people he killed .
There in the chair he sat and the phone rang .
The prison officer took the call and was given the order to flick the switch on the panel .
In that instant the he turned the switch on and Jackie’s life flashed before his eyes and he dropped his head .
Next thing he knew he saw his Father standing there waiting for him . They walked out from the prison and down the Street .
Then he heard his father say
“ I can still remember the day i walked away and your Mammy screaming out

“ Don’t come back until you quit drinking “
Jackie looked and said
“So that’s why you left ?“
“Yes , but i couldn’t quit the drink and died from liver disease “
he said .
“ So where are we now ?
Jackie asked .
His father replied ,
“ Well son we’re in a place between heaven and hell so you better stay close to me . I know my way around this place and I promised that I would do anything I could to keep you from going through the gates of hell . “
“ But I deserve to go to hell . I killed some people “
His father replied ?
“ You don’t know the whole story .
Let me enlighten you . See apart from man’s law there’s another kind of law in existence . The people you killed were meant to die . You were just part of that process “
Jackie said
“ I’m a bad person because I killed people “
His father replied
“Dear child , there’s a difference between bad and evil . The people you killed were evil men and you actually did the world a favour “

Jackie said ,
“How can that be . I was bad and killed people “
His father replied
“In this life there’s forgiveness . Before and after you came here to the afterlife a judgement on you was already given , The result of that was in your favour . So you are to get another chance at life . You are going back again to live a life where everything will be resolved and the next time to return here . I’ll be waiting to bring you home with me to a place where we can live happily forever “