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No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row

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.

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ISBN: 0805079505 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780805079500 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-205) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection