Half a century since his arrest in 1969, and 22 years since his execution, Norio Nagayama, a repentant juvenile spree killer who became a prolific writer behind bars, is still provoking debate on issues surrounding capital punishment, poverty and the rights of children.The most concrete legacy left by Nagayama, who was just 19 when he carried out his four killings over a period of several weeks, is a fund set up to donate the royalties from his books to poor children in Peru, with the hope that none follow the path he did from a broken family and crushing poverty to crime.But events held ar…READ FULL ARTICLE
