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Out of Sing Sing Death House Comes Talented Author Artist
John Resko, once sentenced to death at Sing Sing and later paroled after Gov Lehman commuted his sentence, becomes a respected artist and author. His book Reprieve chronicles his prison years and his emergence as an illustrator with support from fellow inmates and prominent editors.
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