Beyond innocence, the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come, Phoebe Zerwick
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Beyond innocence, the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come, Phoebe Zerwick
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Beyond innocence
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1290189187
Responsibility statement
Phoebe Zerwick
Sub title
the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come
Summary
"In June 1985, a young Black man in Winston-Salem, NC, named Darryl Hunt was falsely convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a white copyeditor at the local paper. Many in the community believed him innocent and crusaded endlessly for his release even as a subsequent trial and appeals reinforced his sentence. Finally, in 2003, the tireless efforts of his attorney combined with an award-winning series of articles by Phoebe Zerwick in the Winston-Salem Journal led to the DNA evidence that exonerated Hunt. Three years later, the acclaimed documentary, The Trials of Darryl Hunt, made him known across the country and brought his story to audiences around the world. But Hunt's story was far from over. As Zerwick poignantly reveals, it is singularly significant in the annals of the miscarriage of justice. Part true crime drama, part chronicle of a remarkable life cut short by systemic prejudice, Beyond Innocence powerfully illuminates the sustained catastrophe faced by an innocent person in prison and the civil death nearly everyone who has been incarcerated experiences attempting to restart their lives. Freed after nineteen years behind bars, Darryl Hunt became a national advocate for justice and a beacon of hope for so many--until he could bear the burden no longer and took his own life. Fluidly crafted by a master journalist, Beyond Innocence makes an urgent moral call for an American reckoning with the legacies of racism in the criminal legal system and the human toll of the carceral state."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
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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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
- Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- False imprisonment + Psychological aspects
- Racism + Psychological aspects
- African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Case studies
- Racism -- North Carolina
- Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- African American social reformers -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations
- False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- Hunt, Darryl
- Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Psychology
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
- Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- False imprisonment + Psychological aspects
- Racism + Psychological aspects
- African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Case studies
- Racism -- North Carolina
- Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- African American social reformers -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations
- False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies
- Hunt, Darryl
- Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Psychology
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