Roger McGowen

After over 30 years in a Texas prison (for a crime that those who know his case, believe he did not commit) Roger McGowen has demonstrated the power of love and brotherhood to rehabilitate and transform the lives of prison inmates and an entire prison culture – perhaps providing a model for the world. Learning about blessing from Pierre’s book The Gentle Art of Blessing was instrumental in changing his attitude to his life on death row.

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Innocent… he inspires thousands of people from his cell: Roger McGowen

Huillam Daverec is a video creator who has set up his own YouTube channel with the aim of restoring your hope by telling you wonderful stories. Original video in French with auto-dubbed translation to English.Roger McGowen is innocent. Sentenced to death at 23 for a...

Tribute from Roger McGowen

This tribute to Pierre is a letter Roger McGowen wrote to Meena Compagnon Goll, which she shared on the evening of October 31st in Geneva. Yes, Pierre was very special to me, in ways that can never be explained. He took a young man sitting on death row without hope...

Thoughts from Roger McGowen

April 2022 The following quotation comes from a very recent letter of Roger W. McGowen (RogerMcGowen.org), a former death row inmate with extremely modest basic primary education whom Pierre, with the help a few friends, got off death row - but not out of prison. This...

An extraordinary man and a very out of the ordinary saga

by Pierre Pradervand, co-author, Messages of Life from Death Row October 2019 Let us search for the deeper meaning of this everyday word rarely used with a clear consciousness of its true meaning and especially the nuances of its significance. In its original sense,...

Roger McGowen – articles & testimonials

Updated press release -February 2021 - Roger McGowen: A leader in the Power of Love and Brotherhood in Prison After over 30 years in a Texas prison (for a crime, that those who know his case, believe he did not commit) Roger McGowen has demonstrated the power of love...

In prison for murder and led to use The Gentle Art of Blessing

For 17 years I was a visitor at the local Geneva jail. One day, I was asked to visit a young man who had read the book by Roger McGowen "Messages of Life from Death Row" who speaks at length of the powerful impact on him during one of the most challenging periods of...