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NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

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James Jaynes: Poems

Learn more: People Most Proximate: Our Creativity


James Jaynes was born and raised in Rutherford County. He goes by “JJ” on death row, where he has lived since 1992.

Filed Under: Creative Expressions, People Most Proximate

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