In his book “Still Surviving,” Nanon Williams (pictured right), who was 17 at the time of the crime that placed him on death row, provides a first hand account of living under a sentence of death in Texas. The book details Williams’s journey from teenage boy to adulthood while living in the shadow of the nation’s busiest execution chamber. His text introduces readers to the experiences of solitary confinement and having friends executed, as well as to maintaining relationships with those on the other side of the prison gate. (Breakout Publishing Co., 2003) Read more about Nanon Williams. See Books; and Juveniles.
Citation Guide
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). NEW RESOURCES: "Still Surviving" is First Hand Account of Death Row by Juvenile Offender. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-still-surviving-is-first-hand-account-of-death-row-by-juvenile-offender
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCES: ‘Still Surviving’ is First Hand Account of Death Row by Juvenile Offender.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-still-surviving-is-first-hand-account-of-death-row-by-juvenile-offender.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCES: ‘Still Surviving’ is First Hand Account of Death Row by Juvenile Offender.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-still-surviving-is-first-hand-account-of-death-row-by-juvenile-offender. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.