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appeal and no credible basis to complain about the conviction or sentence—and was permitted to withdraw from representing Joe. J ...

unusual; I frequently saw black and brown correctional officers at other prisons. I was subjected to an elaborate admission proc ...

He smiled and offered me both of his hands, which I took. I wheeled Joe to a cramped office for our legal visit. He continued ch ...

death penalty for juveniles could provide a basis for relief. In 2005 , the Court recognized that differences between children a ...

he could think of when we were together to extend our visits. We talked about sports and exercise, we talked about books, we tal ...

Now, decades later, I was starting to understand. In preparing litigation on behalf of the children we were representing, it was ...

than a hundred or so nationwide. In 2002 , there were about a hundred people with mental retardation facing execution when the C ...

was an exciting possibility. The cases generated a lot of national media attention. When we filed our brief in the U.S. Supreme ...

excitement about the poem was undiminished. He had repeatedly promised that he would recite it for me when I visited him after t ...

Chapter Fifteen Broken Walter’s decline came quickly. The moments of confusion got longer and longer. He started forgetting thin ...

became agitated there, and he was out of money, so he moved back to Monroeville, where his sister Katie Lee agreed to watch him. ...

privately. “Are you feeling better?” It was not a sensible question, but I was a little unnerved seeing Walter like this. He’d l ...

In the hallway, I asked one of the nurses how he’d been doing. “He’s really sweet,” she said. “We love having him here. He’s nic ...

protocols for lethal injection. David Nelson had very compromised veins. He was in his sixties and had been a drug addict earlie ...

authorized length of stay at the Montgomery facility was up, so we frantically made arrangements for him to move back home, wher ...

about to be strapped down and killed. I had asked Mr. Dill to call throughout the day because we were waiting to hear the outcom ...

way too much. “Mom, I can’t go over and tell that boy I love him. People will—” She gave me that look again. I somberly turned a ...

“Mr. Bryan, I just want to thank you for fighting for me. I thank you for caring about me. I love y’all for trying to save me.” ...

We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our bes ...

occasionally come back to Montgomery from Detroit, where she lived, to visit dear friends. Johnnie Carr was one of those friends ...