Carroll Pickett

This is a wonderful book, full of depth, but quite simply written. Although the author is an ordained pastor and his ministry is a Christian one, there is scarcely a mention of either Christianity or religon in the book. Instead its a perspective on prison inmates, mostly the murderers who ended up on death row in Texas, with their crimes detailed but from the point of view of one ministering to them rather than judging them. It was interesting to see how he continually needed to reiterate why he felt so strongly about being the last friend and comforter on earth to these men when he was opposed to the death penalty, although he doesn't make that clear until the end.

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