I was born in 1954 in Stockholm Sweden. Moved, at age 10 with my mother to USA when she married an American. After several turbulent years at home with my stepfather, I ran away at age 13. Became addicted to heroin by age 14 and followed the lifestyle such addiction creates. At age 26 was involved in two murders, one of which was a peace officer. Both were killed by my boyfriend, but after facing the death penalty for almost 3 years ws subsequenntly sentenced to 25 years to life inprison. In 2009 I was transferred to a Swedish prison after 28 years in an American prison. In 2011, after 2 years in a Swedish prison, I was completely freed and have now started a new life. To date, I have written two books and travel all over Sweden speaking about my life journey and trying to share with others my belief that no matter how dark things may seem, there is always hope and that we need to stop and appreciate what we have instead of what we don’t have.
28 years. That is how many years Annika Östberg spent in American prison, convicted of murder of a restaurant owner and a police officer in 1981. Annika has written books, held lectures about her time in prison and been a host at “Sommar” on Sveriges Radio.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
31 июл 2017
