Beyond innocence
Subtitle: the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come
By: Phoebe Zerwick
Edition: First edition. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2022
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780802159397
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Judicial error; Case studies; False imprisonment; African American prisoners; Trials (Murder); Trials (Rape); Racism; Race relations; History; Erreur judiciaire; Études de cas; Séquestration; Prisonniers noirs américains; Procès (Meurtre); Procès (Viol); Racisme; Relations raciales; Histoire
Description: In May 1985, Darryl Hunt, a Black teenager in Winston-Salem, N.C. was falsely convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a young white copyeditor at the local paper. In 2003, an award-winning series of articles led to the DNA evidence that exonerated Hunt. Part true crime drama, part chronicle of a remarkable life cut short by systemic prejudice, this book powerfully illuminates the sustained catastrophe faced by an innocent person in prison and the civil death every ex-prisoner experiences attempting to restart their lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: The first lie; title: The Blues Brothers; title: Darker than blue; title: She trusted the police; title: A decent life; title: A high-stakes game; title: We were not absolutely sure; title: A chamber of horrors; title: What in the fuck is going on?; title: Larry, I can't do it; title: Life's blood ran in the grass; title: We will not give up; title: In this life or another; title: A closer look; title: Without bitterness; title: Time for me to speak; title: A public face; title: The golden egg; title: Back in the swamp; title: I worried people.