To Execute or Not to Execute

An unbearable burden — to imagine how it is possible: life imprisonment. In the correctional colony in Sol-Iletsk, known to the people as "Black Dolphin," a father and son are serving life sentences — the heroes of the new story by Natalia Sukhinina "To Execute or Not to Execute." There is an opinion that many "lifers" sincerely regret that the death penalty has been abolished. It is easier to end it all at once than to drag out years of bitter prison life. Never, never, never... The word is black as the abyss. It has no bottom... The light in the cell is never turned off. During the day, you cannot sit or lie on the bunk. Never to be free! Can one be satisfied with such a life? Can one not desire another?

One can only accept and understand — you are granted time for repentance. To accept and endure the eternal locks and eternal unfreedom. Humility is in the bloodstream, in the everyday prison robe, humility is to accept the cell as a lifelong apartment, and meetings with loved ones, whom you love so much, as the main calendar holidays...