Behind bars: letters from history's most famous prisoners
Letters for the Ages Behind Bars is a history of imprisonment told through the letters of people incarcerated over many centuries, for crimes committed or sometimes even for no reason at all. It is a story that runs from St Paul right up to the present day.The act of depriving someone of their liber...
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| 505 | 8 | |a Acknowledgements Editorial ConventionsForeword: Jonathan Aitken CHAPTER ONE: CONFESSION AND CONDEMNATION Whoever comes into the witch prison must become a witch or be tortured until he invents something out of his headJohannes Juniuss false confession, 1628 We justly fear that we were sadly deluded and mistaken Too little too late: the Salem witch trial jurors apologize, 1697 Either kill me or accept me as I am, for may hell freeze over if I ever changeThe Marquis de Sade refuses to change, 1783 The people, one day disillusioned, will rejoice in being delivered from a tyrantThe Angel of Assassination, 1793 The only thing that lies heavily on my heart is your sorrowThe assassination of Alexander II, 1881 I do know I shal [sic] have to answer before my Maker in Heaven for the awful crimes I have committed The Baby Farmer, 1896 Its too late now to rake over ashes in the hope of finding some live coalEdith Thompson accepts her fate, 1922 I felt excitement, a thrill. I was going to kill a personRichard Hickock admits to the Clutter murders, 1961'We all made it that night but barely!The great escape: an Alcatraz escapee comes forward, 2013CHAPTER TWO: INJUSTICE If I am a monster, God be merciful to meThe trial of Rebecca Lemp, 1590 I want to do justice to myself and to othersEscaping slavery: Anthony Chases harrowing story, 1827 I do worry about customers watches left in the empty houseCorrie ten Booms clock code, 1944 One day Mummy and Daddy will return and you will no longer be orphans without a homeNelson Mandela comforts his daughters from afar, 1969 He was free for a while. I guess thats more than most of us can expectA Soledad Brother, 1970 It would not be right to return him to prisonThe Maguire Seven and the Guildford Four, 1980 I did my best to fight the injustices I found in my societyThe Ogoni Nine, 1994 I demand that we be treated like human beings, not slavesNadya Tolokonnikovas hunger strike, 2013 No one knew where Id fallen; I was entirely cut off from the outside worldAi Weiweis house arrest, 2016CHAPTER THREE: NEGOTIATION An old man and now also a prisoner of Christ JesusPaul the Apostle urges Philemon to forgive, 57-62 CE Try me, good King, but let me have a Lawful TrialAnne Boleyns final plea, 1536 The frail flesh incites me continually to call to your Grace for mercyThomas Cromwells fall from grace, 1540 He esteemed it to be of greater value than all else that he left at Gardiners IslandCaptain Kidds lost treasure, 1699 Do not force me to be my own executionerWritten in blood: a letter from the Bastille, 1761 Your petitioner therefore prays that ... his sentence of transportation across the seas, may be carried into effect, with as little delayPrison in pastures new: George Hey transportation request, 1845 It will be to your interest to come and see meBilly the Kid strikes a deal, 1881 I have consequently resolved to escapeWinston Churchills prison break, 1899 I was not a responsible leader, and as such do not feel myself guiltyAdolf Eichmann refuses to accept responsibility, 1962CHAPTER FOUR: LIFE BEHIND BARS Our longest day coincides exactly with your shortest; and vice versaAn exile in Botany Bay, 1791 Never before have I witnessed [sic] such disgraceful proceedingsChristmas in the workhouse, 1868 Suicides are as common as picnics hereOhio Penitentiarys night druggist, 1898 I took the drama, the most objective form known to art, and made it as personal a mode of expression as the | |
| 520 | |a Letters for the Ages Behind Bars is a history of imprisonment told through the letters of people incarcerated over many centuries, for crimes committed or sometimes even for no reason at all. It is a story that runs from St Paul right up to the present day.The act of depriving someone of their liberty is one of humankinds most enduring responses to crime through history. What society has sought to achieve over the years by doing so has shifted across the centuries and there is now a variety of purposes: to express disapproval; for the purpose of straight-up punishment through the removal of freedom; to protect the general public; to rehabilitate, perhaps even to forget about those with whom we simply cannot cope. The letters assembled here come from all parts of the world, and from time immemorial: Thomas Cromwell, Mary Queen of Scots, Eamon De Valera, Al Capone, Martin Luther King and many more.These letters not only reveal what it is like to be behind bars, but raise issues that are still of pressing interest for us today - such as the death penalty, miscarriages of justice, redemption and social change. They shed light on a system which is primarily one of contradictions - there are letters which inspire, horrify, letters which awe and condemn - even letters which make you laugh or cry | ||
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