John Stokes

Oct 30, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Anna Aslanyan |Amber Massie-Blomfield |Toby Lichtig |John Stokes

“Based on a true story” has become a fashionable tag to attach to any work of art. Some stories are, naturally, more interesting than others. In 1981 Nick Yarris, aged twenty, got into a fracas with a Pennsylvanian policeman. He was arrested, charged with a murder he hadn’t committed, found guilty and sentenced to death. Several attempts to overturn the conviction were thwarted by bad luck. All hope lost, Yarris wrote to the authorities asking to be executed.