I Married A Man On Death Row | LOVE DON’T JUDGE

THIS woman has moved countries to marry a man on death row. Sigrid, 39, lives in Florida with her nine-month-old son. She is a long way from her native home of France, where she once had a large support system of family and friends. Since moving to the states three years ago to marry a man on death row her life has been turned upside down. Her husband Alan is in a prison a one hour drive away from her, where he has been incarcerated for the past 15 years for first-degree murder and robbery. Sigrid explained how they met: “I started writing to prisoners because I believe in second chances and rehabilitation.” She became Alan’s penpal, only looking to be his companion, however, after conversing for months, their relationship began to evolve. “When I started to realise that I was having feelings for him, and him for me, we both got scared," she said. “We tried to stop writing to each other, [but] we were both miserable. After six weeks, he wrote back - the first words were, ‘I love you'.” That long-distance relationship blossomed and after a year of writing and Sigrid visiting him, Alan proposed. But once Sigrid shared the news with her loved ones, she suddenly became isolated from her community. “They all disappeared, they were really scared for me,” she told Truly. After their marriage, Sigrid moved to the states to be closer to her husband, and they now have a son together. Despite the challenges she faced in the past, Sigrid is firm in her decision that she chose the right partner to share her life with. “I'm loved unconditionally by someone who I love the same way.”