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No Choirboy

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That's the title of a new book by author Susan Kuklin, available today.  It's subtitled, Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row. Here's what Amazon has to say:No Choirboy takes readers inside America?s prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices?raw and uncensored?they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States. This is a searing, unforgettable read, and one that could change the way we think about crime and punishment. And here's information from the book's press release: No Choirboy is a groundbreaking new work of nonfiction, giving a voice to those most involved in and affected by crime: three teenagers convicted of murder, the family of an executed teenager, the family of a victim, and appellate lawyer, Bryan Stevenson...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).