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

by Kuklin, Susan.

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Henry Holt and Co., c2008.

364.660922 K96n

Capital punishment -- United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.

Death row inmates -- United States -- Interviews.

Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.

Table of contents only

9780805079500 (alk. paper)

0805079505 (alk. paper)

212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Brutal and honest, teens in trouble tell their stories while fighting the death penalty".

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

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.

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.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

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