Columnist Amy Friedman fell for man during jail visits
(NEWSER) - We hear stories about women who write love letters to convicted murderers, women in love with inmates—pieces that label the women “crazy ladies.” The fact is, you don’t have to be crazy to marry a murderer, writes Amy Friedman in Salon . She should know: she did it herself. Friedman was a newspaper columnist writing about life in a local prison, and though at first she tried to deny it, she found herself falling for one of the inmates. When Friedman first met Will, he was impassive, yet she felt a hint of attraction. “I sensed myself falling down a rabbit hole. I made excuses to rationalize my behavior,” she writes. More»
