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Jill Creech Bauer

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Jill Creech Bauer is an attorney from Flint, Michigan. Jill loves to create. In addition to writing, she dabbles in painting and filmmaking. She is an avid reader and independent film fan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received her law degree from Michigan State.

Jill's nonfiction novel, "The Nine Lives of John Aslin," is a true story of a Native American man who spent 39 years in prison for a nonviolent crime and the experience that his father's generation had when they were forcefully relocated to a "Home for the Feeble Minded" in the 1930's simply for being Ojibwe. John Aslin was released from prison in 2023.

Jill's memoir, "The Civil Death Penalty: Losing Children to the State," covers her decade of experience repres ...more

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Let's get John out of prison!

Once you've read John Aslin's story, if you believe he should be released from prison, please take a minute and sign this petition for his release. http://chng.it/44zBfNX8

Stay tuned for the podcast, "The Nine Lives of John Aslin." It will be launching in August. I plan to dive deeper into several of the topics touched on in the books. Read more of this blog post »

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