Dignity

Randall is a Public Defender. When a man is sentenced to death, years of appeals necessarily follow. Randall’s work is to keep these men alive. From time to time, Randall asks me to write to one of his clients, to engage and encourage them, to help them live and not give up. I’ve been doing this for 20 years. I take some grief from people who have other ideas about how I ought to spend my time … yet I remain mindful of that difficult instruction … page 305 … Book of Common Prayer … that I “Respect the dignity of every human being.”