Pam Perillo is one of several new participants in our discipleship program. I wrote about Pam in Karla Faye Tucker Set Free. I have known her since 1987 when she was on Death Row. She was Karla’s precious friend. When Karla and Frances were executed, Pam was broken and became angry with God. She also suffered from survivor’s guilt, as her death sentence was reversed. However, God’s stubborn love continued to hound her; she applied for the faith dorm.
Karla’s ChildhoodKarla Faye Tucker was born November 18, 1959, in Houston, Texas. “As a little girl, I remember that we were a family,” Karla said when I asked about her background.
“We lived in a middle-class neighborhood and went to the bay house where we water-skied and fished. But that period didn’t last very long. My parents fought a lot and divorced each other several times.”
Terry Strom, our Executive Director of Ministry, joined the staff of Discipleship Unlimited in 2006. He is a songwriter and speaker and sings and shares his testimony at churches and in prison outreaches. He is the worship leader for Celebrate Recovery on the outside as well as the leader for Celebrate Recovery at the Murray Unit Faith-Based Dorm.
The story of Karla Faye Tucker’s life, crime, and redemption continues to impact us more than a decade after she was put to death by lethal injection. The brutal murder she committed horrified the nation. Her Death Row transformation captured the world’s attention.
