“The day before I killed Donald Evans I did not even know he existed. The day he died I was smoking crack cocaine and when I smoke crack, nothing else matters. Not family, not friends – not even God.”
The latest story in the TELL YOUR TRUE TALE project comes from a former gang member and crack addict currently serving a life sentence in prison for murder. The “experiment in storytelling” is the brainchild of Sam Quinones, who calls on people to submit their true stories for editing and publication. You can check it out here.