Editor's Choice: Ron Franscell on Peckerwood Hill

“More condemned men – 180 – are buried here than 29 other states have executed in their entire history. Most share the ignominy of a nameless tombstone marked only with their inmate number, a death date and a simple “X” … executed.”

Excerpt from Ron Franscell’s story about Death Row Cemetery “Peckerwood Hill” at The Bayou, a Beaumont Enterprise blog.