Beyond Innocence
The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
Hunt, Darryl -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina.
Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina.
Racism -- North Carolina.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Hunt, Darryl -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Judicial error -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
False imprisonment -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
African American prisoners -- North Carolina -- Case studies.
Trials (Murder) -- North Carolina.
Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina.
Racism -- North Carolina.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780802159373
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Race Zer | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Race Zer | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Race Zer | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
"A true story of race, wrongful conviction, and an American reckoning still to come."--Tp.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.