Beyond innocence : the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come / Phoebe Zerwick.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0802159370
- ISBN: 0802159389
- ISBN: 9780802159373
- ISBN: 9780802159380
- Physical Description: xviii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The first lie -- The Blues Brothers -- Darker than blue -- She trusted the police -- A decent life -- A high-stakes game -- We were not absolutely sure -- A chamber of horrors -- What in the fuck is going on? -- Larry, I can't do it -- Life's blood ran in the grass -- We will not give up -- In this life or another -- A closer look -- Without bitterness -- Time for me to speak -- A public face -- The golden egg -- Back in the swamp -- I worried people.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | 347.73 ZER (Text) | 34621991195689 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
