His death sentence was commuted in 1976 by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that affected several Oklahoma inmates. He is now serving a sentence of life, with parole possible, for the murder he committed in 1974. He was 17 then. He is 41 now. In the large visitors' room at Alford, Wishon sits at a small table placed in the center of the white floor.
Guards watch through the doors.
A pop machine hums against the wall. Large windows overlook an exercise yard lined with razor wire. Wishon is lanky and quiet in his prison denim and chunky prison-issue glasses. He speaks softly, moves deliberately. I had no interest in God.