Right Here, Right Now: Life Stories from America's Death Row (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478014119)

Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: "All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that's love." Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish. By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.

Author: Lynden Harris
ISBN-10: 1478014113
ISBN-13: 9781478014119
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 96