Can Personal Experience Change Your Views on the Death Penalty?

When Matthew Parker found out his brother was murdered there was nothing he wanted more than revenge, and that meant the death penalty for the man responsible. The murderer, however, received a sentence of life in prison. For years, Matthew Parker dreamt about avenging his brother’s death, until he was placed in the same prison as his brother’s murderer putting him face to face with the opportunity for revenge. The possibility of him being the person who exacted revenge on the man responsible for his brothers death scared him, and this was an epiphany for Parker. No longer was he a supporter of the death penalty, no longer did he dream of the same murderous revenge that consumed him for years after his brothers death. Matthew Parker is an author and artist whose latest book is a graphic novel called "Larceny in My Blood."