Overview
Asearingexposeof the profound failures in our justice system, toldby awoman who has journeyed from wrongfully accused prisoner to acclaimed publicdefender
KeedaHaynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. Her boyfriend had asked her tosignfor some packagespackages she did not know were filled with marijuana.As a young Black womanfalselyaccused, prosecuted,and ultimatelyimprisoned,Haynessuffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system.But rather thangiveinto despair, she decided to fight for change.After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender,andultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress.At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions.In the end, despite the injustice she endured, sheemerges convincedthat ours can become a true second-chance culture. A searing exposé of the profound failures in our justice system, told by a woman who has journeyed from wrongfully accused prisoner to acclaimed public defender
Keeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit. Her boyfriend had asked her to sign for some packages—packages she did not know were filled with marijuana. As a young Black woman falsely accused, prosecuted, and ultimately imprisoned, Haynes suffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system. But rather than give in to despair, she decided to fight for change. After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender, and ultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress. At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions. In the end, despite the injustice she endured, she emerges convinced that ours can become a true second-chance culture.
KeedaHaynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. Her boyfriend had asked her tosignfor some packagespackages she did not know were filled with marijuana.As a young Black womanfalselyaccused, prosecuted,and ultimatelyimprisoned,Haynessuffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system.But rather thangiveinto despair, she decided to fight for change.After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender,andultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress.At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions.In the end, despite the injustice she endured, sheemerges convincedthat ours can become a true second-chance culture. A searing exposé of the profound failures in our justice system, told by a woman who has journeyed from wrongfully accused prisoner to acclaimed public defender
Keeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit. Her boyfriend had asked her to sign for some packages—packages she did not know were filled with marijuana. As a young Black woman falsely accused, prosecuted, and ultimately imprisoned, Haynes suffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system. But rather than give in to despair, she decided to fight for change. After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender, and ultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress. At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions. In the end, despite the injustice she endured, she emerges convinced that ours can become a true second-chance culture.
- | Author: NA
- | Publisher: Not Stated
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1900
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language: eng
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781541646308
- | ISBN-10: 1541646304
