At first, Mitesh Patel felt a sense of relief when he learned of the execution date for his father's killer. Then they got to know each other.

From our magazine, Correspondent Neelanjana Banerjee brings us a touching story of how lives were changed on both sides of #prison bars: https://www.texasobserver.org/christopher-young-death-penalty-mitesh-patel/

(📸 #Photography by Christopher Lee / Painting by Peter Charlap)
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