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Anita Folsom

Biography

Anita Folsom

Married to Burton Folsom, Anita Folsom has co-authored several books with her husband including FDR GOES TO WAR and DEATH ON HOLD.

Anita Folsom

Books by Anita Folsom

Death on Hold: A Prisoner's Desperate Prayer and the Unlikely Family Who Became God's Answer
by Burton W. Folsom and Anita Folsom - Autobiography, Biography, Human Rights, Religion & Spirituality

In January 1983 Burt Folsom read a story in Time about Mitch Rutledge, a man on death row with an IQ of 84 who said he was sorry for what he did. Burt and his wife, Anita, began a friendship with Mitch and saw him become a leader and role model for others in prison, teaching himself to read and write and becoming a national spokesman on prison life.