Right Here Right Now

Upon receiving his execution date one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: All there ever is is this moment. You me all of us right here right now this minute that's love. <i>Right Here Right Now</i> collects the powerful first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty hunger and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish. By offering their hopes dreams aspirations fears failures and wounds the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.