# Dre Luna Husband, father,friend Focused on criminal and juvenile justice reform advocacy A voice for those in prison who deserve a second chance Page: Feed: --- ## [15 facing life](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/15-facing-life-2bf) _2026-08-06 · Dre Luna_ Chapter 9 Part 1 ## [Chapter 8 Part 2](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/chapter-8-part-2) _2026-07-29 · Dre Luna_ This memoir is a collection of memories, stories, and experiences that have shaped my transformation from a 15 year old boy navigating life and death in the streets of my hometown, to finding hope in a maximum security adult prison with a life without parole sentence, and building a life of freedom beyond prison walls. ## [15 facing life](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/15-facing-life-c0b) _2026-07-11 · Dre Luna_ Chapter 8 Part 1 ## [Chapter 7 Part 2](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/chapter-7-part-2) _2026-07-04 · Dre Luna_ Everyone else has slowly begun to ghost me after I was convicted. ## [15 Facing Life](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/15-facing-life-d8a) _2026-06-24 · Dre Luna_ Chapter 7 Part 1 ## ['I looked over and almost all of them were looking right at me. I hurried and looked away. I was so nervous that I was shaking. I couldn't control it no matter how hard I tried. It was overwhelming.'](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-looked-over-and-almost-all-of-them) _2026-06-11 · Dre Luna_ 15 Facing Life Chapter 6 Part 5 ## ['I looked up - the two of them were staring at me. They had a mixture of sadness and curiosity on their faces... wondering how I could be so calm and unfazed when I was seriously in jeopardy..'](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-looked-up-the-two-of-them-were) _2026-05-28 · Dre Luna_ Chapter 6 Part 4 ## ["What happened next shocked and disappointed me. So much I almost cursed out loud."](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/what-happened-next-shocked-and-disappointed) _2026-05-17 · Dre Luna_ 15 Facing Life Chapter 6 Part 3 ## [Chapter 6 Part 2](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/chapter-6-part-2) _2026-05-09 · Dre Luna_ “He threw the first punch. ## [15 facing life](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/15-facing-life-f76) _2026-04-24 · Dre Luna_ March 13, 2012 ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xtnwF3ZhF664) _2026-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [15 facing life](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/15-facing-life) _2026-04-15 · Dre Luna_ Chapter 5 Part 2 ## [I kept telling myself to relax, that I was good. None of that s\*\*\* helped.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-kept-telling-myself-to-relax-that) _2026-04-01_ The only thing that helped was to shut everything in my mind out as I went into a state of fearlessness and stoicism. It worked. ## [I almost felt safe enough to tell him. I wanted to tell him, but felt like if I did then I would be sealed with that murder conviction and spend the rest of my life in prison.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-almost-felt-safe-enough-to-tell) _2026-03-20 · Dre Luna_ He asked me one more time if I wanted to tell my side of the story. ## [I turned the shower on and the water hit me... ice cold. I couldn’t believe it!](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-turned-the-shower-on-and-the-water) _2026-03-11 · Dre Luna_ That was the beginning of a shift in my mental state... all I could feel in the moment was anger. ## [She knew what I had done, and she also knew that I wasn’t going home anytime soon, if ever again.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/she-knew-what-i-had-done-and-she) _2026-02-23 · Dre Luna_ Everyone was told to go to their cells. Everyone except me. ## [I sat in the back seat of the police car feeling numb. I didn't even care that I was being arrested for the gun. That was nothing to me at that moment.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-sat-in-the-back-seat-of-the-police) _2026-02-19 · Dre Luna_ 15 facing life Chapter 3 - Part 1 ## [She told me to put my hands on my head and began searching me for weapons.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/she-told-me-to-put-my-hands-on-my) _2026-02-09 · Dre Luna_ I was scared but I didn’t run. I knew I had a gun and if I made the wrong move I would have been shot. ## [It’s almost as if I was trying to run from the truth of what I’ve done, and being in the house made me feel boxed in.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/its-almost-as-if-i-was-trying-to) _2026-02-08 · Dre Luna_ I needed space and room to think. ## [I didn’t stop to think that maybe they were just coming in peace to see if everything was all good.](https://15facinglife.substack.com/p/i-didnt-stop-to-think-that-maybe) _2026-02-02 · Dre Luna_ I didn’t think of any of that. 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