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Now in his 90s, Bickham resides in Oregon and is an active participant in the movement to abolish capital punishment in the United States. Isay is the creator of StoryCorps, a national enterprise to record oral histories. Alcamo is an investment banker in New York.
In 2001, Edwin Edwards, the Louisiana Governor who commuted Bickham's sentence, was convicted of racketeering and currently is serving a ten year prison sentence.
Mr. Bickham is the subject of two contemporary songs: "Half a Life Away," by Stiff Little Fingers, a moving ballad that misstates certain facts of Mr. Bickham's case: http://www.actionext.com/names_s/stiff_little_fingers_lyrics/half_a_life_away.html and "Rosebush Inside" by Sean Hayes (musician) Listen at http://www.myspace.com/rattlesnakecharm
Mr. Bickham's case has been chronicled in numerous national media, including the New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/01/14/1996-01-14_he_savors_freedom_after_38_y.html
and the Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960331&slug=2321824
Moreese Bickham was quoted by Dan Gilbert in a TED talk " The surprising science of happiness." Bickham was quoted saying . “I don’t have one minute’s regret. It was a glorious experience.” http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html Suggesting that happiness is achievable in any condition.
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Famous quotes containing the word present:
“All futurity
Seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled;
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The present is never our end. The past and present are our means; the future alone is our end. So we never live, but hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)