Thursday, January 24, 2008

Billy McCune






"Here I am, my name is Billy McCune. My prison number is 12-20-54." Link…
McCune, who was mentally ill, was convicted of rape and sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1950. A song he wrote on death row caught the ear of the governor, who commuted his sentence to life in prison. It was there, four decades ago, that McCune met a young documentary photographer named Danny Lyon. Link…

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