ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This May 23, 1968 photo from the Louisiana State Penitentiary shows Robert Howard. Howard was working at a New Orleans restaurant in 1967 when he lent money to a cook who he said refused to repay it. The teen got his father's gun. When the man charged at him, Howard's second shot killed him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life without parole. After an escape, he was returned to prison, determined to find a legal way out. He chronicled his life in letters published by family and friends as a book. "I have always felt that youngsters only get one side of the coin when considering a life of crime," he wrote. "They see the fine cars and money, but they never envision what happens when they are caught." (Louisiana State Penitentiary via AP)
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