Written in the spir­it of Dead Man Walking,” this book by Antoinette Bosco con­veys both the pow­er­ful per­son­al expe­ri­ence of a moth­er whose son was mur­dered and a wealth of infor­ma­tion about the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem in America. (Orbis Books, 2001) For more infor­ma­tion, or to read an excerpt, vis­it her web­site.