"I reckon if I hadn't become a motivational speaker, I'd have been a stand-up comedian.
"People get confused. They think my sense of humour is a coping strategy, but I believe if you have the ability to laugh at tragedy and bad things that happen in your life, you're not coping… you've got power."
In July, Jackson received a headed letter from the Missouri Department of Corrections informing him that on the basis of hearing, his father has been denied parole for another five years.
"All I could do at the hearing was read my statement and pray and hope justice is done. But to have that verdict is very empowering," he says.
"There have been times I've woken up from nightmares, scared he might come back to finish the job," he says. "I may have forgiven him, but even in forgiveness I believe you have to pay the consequences."
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