In December 1997, Gabi Uhl accompanied a friend to Texas, who wanted to visit her pen pal Clifford Boggess, living on death row there. This not only marked the beginning of a close friendship with Cliff and several other death row inmates but also initiated an intense engagement with the topic of the death penalty on various levels. In 1998, 2006, and 2014, she witnessed the execution of a pen pal each time, which significantly shaped her commitment against the death penalty. The author runs several websites about the death penalty in Texas, as well as a current news site and an information portal with basic knowledge. She regularly visits school classes to give interactive lectures on the death penalty and conducts interviews for newspapers, radio, and television. She is the chairperson of the Initiative Against the Death Penalty e.V. and has...