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INTRODUCTION 
Salvador Agron was the notorious Puerto Rican teenager sentenced to death for a New York City gang rumble turned deadly. He was the prisoner whose journey from Sing Sing to the streets challenged our deeply held notions of crime, punishment, redemption and forgiveness. He was the subject of Paul Simon's controversial, multi-million dollar failed Broadway musical. Now, in his own gritty, outrageous and passionate words -- alternating with those of his collaborator and friend, Richard Jacoby -- the Capeman's dramatic and very human story is finally told.For author Richard Jacoby, a Brooklyn College graduate student researching the change of consciousness some said occurred in men facing execution, this book began in the visiting room of Greenhaven Prison. After months of corresponding with Salvador Agron, Jacoby was so impressed with the Capeman's writing that he promised to help him write his autobiography. Beginning with that promise, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CAPEMAN retraces Agron's life as Jacoby uncovered it through visits with Sal's family, trips to Puerto Rico and mostly through hundreds of letters and jail house conversations with Salvador. For everyone who wonders how we can save our children, for everyone on both sides of the death penalty debate, for everyone who appreciates a great story magnificently told, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CAPEMAN is a book that will resonate in the collective consciousness for decades to come. 
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