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Seven Days To Live: The Amazing True Story Of How One Man Survived 21 Years On Death Row For A Crime He Didn't CommitStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe harrowing, heartbreaking story of Nick Yarris who spent twenty one years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit. When Nick was seven, his childhood was shattered when he was attacked and raped by a local teenage boy who went on to terrorize him throughout his teenage years. Nick responded by becoming a replica of his attacker, projecting a fierce and violent reputation in the hope that he would never feel so weak again. He became an alcoholic and drug addict, and started committing crimes to pay for his habit. He achieved a temporary reprieve from the cycle of violence and abuse when he was arrested for smashing up a hotel room and was sent to a state mental institution for eight months, after which he tried to settle down. But his life fell apart again soon after. On 20 December 1981, Nick was high on drugs in a stolen car when he was pulled over by a policeman for jumping some red lights. Following a scuffle, he was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, kidnapping and various other serious offences. He was placed in solitary confinement in prison without drug withdrawal treatment.He collapsed mentally and, having read the lone newspaper in his cell about the murder of Linda Mae Craig, abducted from the car park of a local shopping mall, he concocted a desperate story, pinning the murder on a former drug buddy. Author descriptionNick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In July 1982 he was sentenced to death in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, for a murder he did not commit. He sat in solitary confinement on Death Row for nearly twenty-two years until DNA testing finally proved his innocence in 2003, and in January 2004 he was released form prison. He now lives in St Albans, England, with his wife Karen and baby daughter Lara Rebecca. He is a stay-at-home dad who looks after his children full-time, and speaks all around the world against the death penalty. |