On June 4th, 2009, Carletta Alston life changed before she could even awaken for the day. Her stepfather was shot and killed outside of him and his wife home while carletta and her mother were asleep inside. Carletta who never held or shot a gun a day in her life was arrested for first degree murder Two weeks after her stepfather’s death. She was held in wake county jail for 364 days before being released without an apology or explanation on why she was arrested in the first place.