Relentless: The Life and Prison Story of Craig Francis Szemple

Craig Francis Szemple, after being convicted of three murders, has been incarcerated since 1991 in the New Jersey State Prison system. He describes how personal failures, drug abuse, family dysfunction, and clergy sexual abuse all contributed to his fall from privilege and his current life behind bars. While he has seen and survived much hardship in prison, his is not a horror story. He writes with compassion and humor and, most of all, with faith in a forgiving God.Mr. Szemple has been called Relentless in pursuing legal redress for himself and fellow inmates. Now a senior citizen with a failing heart and other painful health issues, he continues to hope for release and freedom before he dies. Mr. Szemple's optimism and his love for other elderly inmates and for the birds and critters in the prison yard indeed "cover a multitude of sins." Read more