" Who was this man, and how did he wind up facing such serious charges? The State of Colorado was determined to have its pound of flesh.
He liked to play with toy trains in the death house and couldn't comprehend the seriousness of his situation.
While New York state did not have the death penalty at the time, Grasso was extradited to Tulsa where he was executed by lethal injection in 1995.
As he left for his final sentence, Arridy said that he hoped to raise chickens and play the harp in heaven.
Missing Joe terribly, his father brought him home again after nine months at Grand Junction.
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When he arrived at Canon City, somewhere most convicts hated and feared, he had little idea why they would.
He had tracked down the author of the 1944 poem before Young's death.