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Welcome To Hell: Letters and Writings from Death Row (Criminal Justice)

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I am 16 years old and I think this book was one of the best books I have ever read.I don't read very much but I read this book in about 3 hours. It tells you the truth about being on death row. And has changed my mind about the death penalty. I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know.

This is an excellent book for everyone who has any interest in the Death Penalty. The letters in the book will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you scream! This book is compiled in such a beautiful way that it makes you appreciate that although some of these people may have committed horrible crimes, they are still human, and still have feelings. I have had the pleasure and honor of writing to one of the inmates profiled in this book, and it has been an experience I will never forget

This is the nearest you will ever be to the lowest echelons of hell - read "Welcome to Hell" and weep for the discarded and unwanted members of our throw away society. This is Death Row's own voice - the voice of men who have been shunned and abandoned, sometimes by their own families, whose lives are deemed to be worthless and yet who show through these writing that they retain their essential humanity and still have much to offer

This book was awesome. I could not put it down. It was so informative. It let you into the minds of the inmates on death row. It is wonderful that Life Line reaches out to them as pen pals. Pen pals helped lift the spirits of the inmates and gave them so much love & joy before they were executed. I am so happy they reached out to these men and women. It gave me a chance to see that many many of them were truly sorry for the horrible crimes they did and I am SHOCKED that so many were probally innocent. I am against the death penalty. God forgives ANYONE that comes to him and repents with godly sorrow. Life without possibility of parole for them instead of death penalty. Some do CHANGE.

This is a very powerful book because it is a collection of letters written by those on death row. I first saw it in the gift shop on Alcatraz Island. I still think about it many years after reading it. Some books are entertainment or just plain noise. Some books change how you think and see the world. This is one of those.