Marion Bowman Jr, sentenced to death in South Carolina, has endured 135 days in solitary confinement as his scheduled execution approaches. With mounting concerns over wrongful convictions and racial bias in capital punishment, the state has revived its execution practices after a 13-year hiatus. Bowman, who claims innocence in the 2001 murder of Kandee Martin, expresses the severe emotional toll of isolation and the psychological struggle to maintain his identity against the dehumanizing prison environment, emphasizing the ongoing debate surrounding the death penalty's morality and legality.
Don't let the prison turn you into the animal they think that you are, the monster they think you are. We are not what the state portrayed us to be.
Inhumane is an understatement... I have been singing spirituals and reciting scripture to myself, and re-reading notes other men have written me.
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