Populist literary responses to american capital cases ebook. Set free is the biography of karla faye tucker, and most importantly, the account of how the grace of god radically changed her life. This gripping story about the first woman executed in texas in over one hundred years draws on accounts from family, prisoners, government officials, and friends to. Karla faye tucker november 18, 1959 february 3, 1998 was an american woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. Karla faye tucker project gutenberg selfpublishing. About karla faye tucker set free this gripping story about the first woman executed in texas in over one hundred years draws on accounts from family, prisoners, government officials, and friends to show how god used a remarkable woman to reach countless lives with a message of redemption and joy. Life and faith on death row from the worlds largest community of readers. Karla faye tucker set free by linda strom overdrive. Although early on she became a criminal, she wasnt led down a path of crime.
Karla faye tucker is an example of a woman taken from the worst environment in her early years as a child and brought under the loving care of her heavenly father. Life and faith on death row kindle edition by linda strom. She was convicted of murder in texas in 1984 and executed by lethal injection after 14 years. Linda wrote the book years after her journey with karla faye.
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