Jens Soering is a German citizen who was incarcerated in 1986 before being released on parole in 2019 and returned to his native Germany. His case was featured on Court TV and A&E’s City Confidential. His work has been featured in Christianity Today, The Christian Century, Sojourners, America, National Catholic Reporter, and The American Conservative. His book The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says about Criminal Justice was the first place winner of the Catholic Press Association’s 2007 awards.