Abstract
Marlon Peterson grew up in the 1980s amid routine violence of the crack epidemic. He spent his childhood preaching the good word alongside his father, a devout Jehovah's Witness. But in the aftermath of physical and sexual trauma, Peterson made a series of choices that led to taking part in a robbery and murder; he served ten years in prison. During his incarceration, he immersed himself in antiviolence activism, education, and prison abolition. In this book, he recounts his coming-of-age story, challenging the typical "redemption" narrative and our assumptions of who deserves justice.