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John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Esquire, and New York magazine. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Magazine Writing, and he’s twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in feature writing and reviews and criticism. His feature essay “The Apology Letter” was part of the Washington Post Magazine’s special issue that won the National Magazine Award. He is eligible for parole in 2029.

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The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us

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“What are the consequences of illuminating human darkness for entertainment? When we do this, are we hindering the progress of those who focus on criminal justice reform? To me, the answer seems obvious. When lurid storytellers reach out to us a generation after we committed our crimes and seek to portray us as evil, killers, psychopaths, it mocks the idea at the center of criminal justice reform: Each of us is more than our crimes.”
― John J. Lennon, The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us

tags: crime, prison, prisoner, true-crime

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