A Mother Visits Her Son on Death Row in Texas
This was left in the comments today to our latest post on the juvenile death penalty:
how wonderful it was to see my son today. we laughed and talked for a couple of hours. we enjoyed a drink and some junk-food out of the vending machines. we took a couple of photos with a instant camera, photos that i will cherish for ever. we gazed into each others eyes and enjoyed each others company. the time passed so fast, as if it were only minutes.
time's up said the guard, so i gathered my trash and photos. we say our good bye's and i love you's. i walk away, leaving the youngest boy on texas death row waiting for the guards to take him back to his cell.
this is what we do, once a week, until the state of texas kills him or until our standards of decency evolve.
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