This is a book by Anthony Ray Hinton, a man that was on death row in Alabama for 27 years before finally being set free for crimes & murders he did not commit. This is a tough story and very unfortunately true story of a poor young black man that was basically setup for this crime. It seems no investigation went into it but rather because he was on parole and in the area he became the one the fit for the crime. Really a harsh story about our death penalty but also about our criminal justice system. If he wasn't on death row, he probably wouldn't have gotten the assistance to get free compared to if given life with no parole.
There are 22 WL for this book on PBS so will probably mail off at some point.
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