Part one of term paper
Jonathan was just 13. The pictures of him show a freckle-faced, eager scamp, maybe getting new sneakers for Christmas, rushing to grow up, hungry for life, hungry to get on with things. I imagine he was the kind of kid who’d pull a prank and then run for it, or skateboard until he was breathless. I bet he wished he were bigger and stronge ...

Part two of term paper
... life in this world about to end, he must have twisted frantically, like a trapped dog being smothered. Struggling, panic then darkness, and finally only a limp child’s body, no longer worth the pleasure, thrown into a drainage pond behind his house. There was no majesty in his going. James Arthur “Buck” Murray was convicted for the brutal rape and murder of 13 year old Jonathan A. Hall. Murray, who lived in the same neighborhood as Jonathan, had been in and out of prison, mostly in, since ...