In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 37.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
April 2010
Verlag
Alfred A KnopfSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B/H)
24.1/17.1/4.1 cm
Gewicht
771 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-307-26481-7
Here is the remarkable life of Wilbert Rideau, an award-winning journalist who spent forty-four years in Louisiana prisons, worked against unimaginable odds to redeem himself, exposed a profoundly corrupt penal system, and fought to reform it. After killing a woman in a moment of panic duringa bank robbery, nineteen-year-old Rideau was improperly sentenced to death--a sentence later amended to life in the infamous Angola penitentiary. His insider's view is balanced and invaluable, encompassing not only rivalries, sexual slavery, ingrained racism, and daily, soul-killing injustices but also acts of courage and decency by keeper and kept alike. Rideau lived a more meaningful life in prison than do most outside, and we clearly see the roles his daring, tireless advocacy, his uncensored newsmagazine, "The Angolite, "and his own fierce, eloquent journalism played in civilizing a treacherous institution. But this book goes beyond the confines of a prison memoir, giving us a searing expose of the failures of our legal system and the dramatic tale of a prisoner repeatedly denied the justice he had earned until, aided by those who believed in him, he attained his freedom. "In the Place of Justice" is about perseverance, unexpected friendships and love, and the possibility that good can be forged under any circumstance.
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