Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity Alison Flowers

Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity

Author: Alison Flowers
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Book Title
Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity
Author
Alison Flowers
ISBN
9781608465873
Through intimate portraits of four exonerated prisoners, journalist Alison Flowers explores what happens to innocent people when the state flings open the jailhouse door and tosses them back, empty-handed into the unknown. From the front lines of the wrongful conviction capital of the United States--Cook County, Ill.--these stories reveal serious gaps in the criminal justice system. Flowers depicts the collateral damage of wrongful convictions on families and communities, challenging the deeper problem of mass incarceration in the United States. As she tells each exoneree's powerful story, Flowers vividly shows that release from prison, though sometimes joyous and hopeful, is not a Hollywood ending--or an ending at all. Rather, an exoneree's first unshackled steps are the beginning of a new journey full of turmoil and triumph. Based on Chicago Public Media's yearlong multimedia series--a finalist for a national Online Journalism Award--this narrative piece of investigative journalism tells profoundly human stories of reclaiming one's life, overcoming adversity, and searching for purpose--at times with devastating consequences and courageous breakthroughs.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Alison FlowersPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 06/21/2016ISBN: 9781608465873Pages: 288Weight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.10dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
Through intimate portraits of four exonerated prisoners, journalist Alison Flowers explores what happens to innocent people when the state flings open the jailhouse door and tosses them back, empty-handed into the unknown.

From the front lines of the wrongful conviction capital of the United States--Cook County, Ill.--these stories reveal serious gaps in the criminal justice system. Flowers depicts the collateral damage of wrongful convictions on families and communities, challenging the deeper problem of mass incarceration in the United States. As she tells each exoneree's powerful story, Flowers vividly shows that release from prison, though sometimes joyous and hopeful, is not a Hollywood ending--or an ending at all. Rather, an exoneree's first unshackled steps are the beginning of a new journey full of turmoil and triumph.

Based on Chicago Public Media's yearlong multimedia series--a finalist for a national Online Journalism Award--this narrative piece of investigative journalism tells profoundly human stories of reclaiming one's life, overcoming adversity, and searching for purpose--at times with devastating consequences and courageous breakthroughs.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Alison Flowers
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 06/21/2016
ISBN: 9781608465873
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
Through intimate portraits of four exonerated prisoners, journalist Alison Flowers explores what happens to innocent people when the state flings open the jailhouse door and tosses them back, empty-handed into the unknown.

From the front lines of the wrongful conviction capital of the United States--Cook County, Ill.--these stories reveal serious gaps in the criminal justice system. Flowers depicts the collateral damage of wrongful convictions on families and communities, challenging the deeper problem of mass incarceration in the United States. As she tells each exoneree's powerful story, Flowers vividly shows that release from prison, though sometimes joyous and hopeful, is not a Hollywood ending--or an ending at all. Rather, an exoneree's first unshackled steps are the beginning of a new journey full of turmoil and triumph.

Based on Chicago Public Media's yearlong multimedia series--a finalist for a national Online Journalism Award--this narrative piece of investigative journalism tells profoundly human stories of reclaiming one's life, overcoming adversity, and searching for purpose--at times with devastating consequences and courageous breakthroughs.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Alison Flowers
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 06/21/2016
ISBN: 9781608465873
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016