We publish here an extract of a blog article written by Clinton Lee Young, a prisoner currently facing imminent execution in Texas on October 26, 2017. In this article, Clinton Lee Young discusses how lack of support and stigmatization at a young age led him to rebel and make poor choices in life. My name is Clinton Lee Young. I was born July 19th, 1983 in Mount Pleasant, Texas. I was born premature due to my mothers stress induced hypertension, my fathers emotional, mental and physical abuse being the contributing factor. The events surrounding my birth seemed to have a life of struggle for me. My mother left my father shortly after my birth. He later kidnapped me to use me for ransom. The