"... Standing in the dock one afternoon in November 2011, Susan Kigula is about to let the weight of the past 11 years on death row get to her as she turns to her stepson.
"Don't you know that I love you so much?" she'll cry to the 14-year-old boy who is sitting with her late partner's family just feet away.
The courtroom will be deadly silent as Kigula falls to her knees.
"You know that I do love you so much?" she'll repeat. "I'm your mother!"
Picture was taken by Isaac Kasamani, BBC
And then, turning to the family of her late partner, Susan Kigula will say sorry.
The local press in Uganda will write it up as if it was a scene in a soap opera. A hammy admittance of a horrific crime.
Except that's not what she meant, she says.
"The press lied."
You didn't confess to the murder of your partner, Constantine Sseremba?
"No, dear," Kigula's voice is calm. She's been asked this question too many times to be offended. "I'll tell you my truth."
..."
Susan’s story was on the homepage of BBC's website earlier this year. Click on the link to continue reading! Her story is one of the reasons I was so captivated by African Prisons Project!