article_snippet.sent: I'm often asked why, and how, you've kept up your hunger strike for 14 months now, despite our pleas for you to end it.
article_snippet.sent: I've watched your body go from a plump basketball-playing frame to one that has withered down to your body bones.
article_snippet.sent: And, all I can do to explain is to tell people that it's the only form of control you have to hold on to -- now more than ever, on the eve of your sentencing.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Don Melvin contributed to this report.