Damn! Now I can’t get that song out of my head.
Before you say it, no, that’s not Johnny Depp’s photo on the left. Does look like him though. I wonder why …
This week, Professor Alex Taylor discusses this guy’s terminal criminality. Could it have been prevented if he’d been show a little love early on? Would it have gone differently if his gatekeepers showed this former nobody a modicum of compassion instead of throwing the book at him? Or, is this truly a case of one’s fabric being cut from the cloth of evil? Truth or excuse? Question marks or statements?
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Published to the Gainesville Times January 31, 1989.
See a note that follows.
Nearing the end, folks! Alex Taylor’s Tuesday Crime Stories only has a few left, so we’re going to take a short break and resume the column on December 7th, 2021. See you then!