Breaking the Unwritten Rule of Prison [themarshallproject.org]

Alicia Doktor 9/4/184:00 AM

All of us condemned inmates were hurt when Chaplain Chestnut left the prison to pursue other opportunities and, he said, to save his marriage.

“Guys,” he told us one day, “I spend more time on death row than with my wife. She gave me a choice: her, or my work. I love her, so I’ve got to go. I’m sorry.”

Chestnut’s departure was devastating because he’d always treated us fairly, even favorably, going out of his way to treat us as equals and as parishioners. Before and after executions, he provided counsel when no one else bothered. “We may never understand God’s plans,” he’d say, “but rest assured the deaths of our friends and loved ones — however unjust — do not go unnoticed.”

[For more on this story by LYLE MAY, go to https://www.themarshallproject...-prison?ref=hp-1-111]

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