Christian Family Services Ministry

4-25-2014 – Not long ago there was a film release, which symbolizes just how important mercy is in the lives of others.  Stephen King’s popular serial released book set in Louisiana circa 1935 was adapted for film in 1999. It portrays a death row prisoner John Coffey found guilty of murdering two nine year old girls. Coffey is discovered holding the bodies of the children in his lap. Coffey played by Michael Clark Duncan, a huge 7 foot 330 pound black man awaits execution on what is known as the Green Mile by those who assume he killed the girls.. Paul Edgecomb, played by Tom Hanks is one of the guards responsible for his eventual execution.