Author: Billy Wayne Sinclair, Jodie Sinclair, Wayne Sinclair
Publisher: Arcade Pub
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1559705558
ISBN-13: 9781559705554
Product ID: EPID1733596
Description: In this memoir, written while in jail for a murder committed during a robbery in 1965, Sinclaire relates the experience of a violent childhood that led to his early involvement in petty crime. He discusses alleged suppression of witness ...
Synopsis In this memoir, written while in jail for a murder committed during a robbery in 1965, Sinclaire relates the experience of a violent childhood that led to his early involvement in petty crime. He discusses alleged suppression of witness statements that influenced his eventual death sentence, and explores his involvement in prison activism and journalism in the 1970s and 80s after his sentence was changed to life in prison in 1972 due to changes in the law.
Details
Publication Date:
2000-12-01
Size
Length:
339 pages
Height:
9.5 in
Width:
6.3 in
Thickness:
1.2 in
Weight:
25.6 oz
Publisher's Note A man serving a life sentence for killing a convenience store clerk in an accidental shooting challenges the prison system in a powerful, no-holds-barred account of America's worst prison system .