Beyond innocence : the life sentence of Darryl Hunt : a true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition., First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Edition
First edition., First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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.
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African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography.
African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
African American social reformers -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography.
Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Psychology.
False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
False imprisonment -- Psychological aspects.
Hunt, Darryl.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.
Racism -- North Carolina.
Racism -- Psychological aspects.
Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.
Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.
African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
African American social reformers -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Biography.
Ex-convicts -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Psychology.
False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
False imprisonment -- Psychological aspects.
Hunt, Darryl.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem -- Case studies.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.
Racism -- North Carolina.
Racism -- Psychological aspects.
Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.
Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Winston-Salem.