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Author:

Kuklin, Susan.

Title:

No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row / Susan Kuklin.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Capital punishment--United States--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States--Juvenile literature.
Death row inmates--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile delinquents--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-205) and index.

Contents:

I was a teenager on death row chapter -- The fourteen-year-old adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I -- Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer.

Summary:

In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers 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.

ISBN:

0805079505 (alk. paper)
9780805079500 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007046940

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