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Born April 21, 1939 (age 85) • Baton Rouge • Louisiana
Notable Works “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States” • “River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey” • “The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions”

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