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No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row  Cover Image Book Book

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

Kuklin, Susan. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780805079500 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0805079505 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • 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
Subject: Capital punishment > United States > Juvenile literature.
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States > Juvenile literature.
Death row inmates > United States > Interviews > Juvenile literature.
Juvenile delinquents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Juvenile literature.
Capital punishment > United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States.
Death row inmates > United States > Interviews.
Juvenile delinquents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library HV 8699 .U5 K84 2008 30537681 General Collection Available -

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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