Author: Lawrence Wright

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☆The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row

The New Yorker • 10 Feb 2025 • ~22000 words

Sisters from a convent outside Waco are visiting women on death row in Texas to offer spiritual support. This piece from Lawrence Wright explores the profound connections that develop between the sisters and the inmates, and how visits filled with compassion and understanding con...