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In spite of the consequences : prison letters on exoneration, abolition, and freedom

Title
In spite of the consequences : prison letters on exoneration, abolition, and freedom / Lacino Hamilton.
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
Publication
Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2023]

Details

Description
xxii, 266 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, Lacino Hamilton sent thousands of letters advocating for his innocence and critiquing the prison-industrial complex before he was finally exonerated twenty-six years later. Collected here, his letters demonstrate why he has become a leading voice on abolition, incarceration, and justice"--
Subject
  • Hamilton, Lacino
  • Prisoners > Correspondence
  • Judicial error > United States
  • False imprisonment > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
  • Prison abolition movements > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects
  • False imprisonment
  • Judicial error
  • Prison abolition movements
  • Prisoners
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Personal correspondence.
  • Correspondence.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266).
Call Number
Sc E 23-1244
ISBN
  • 9781506488165
  • 1506488161
  • 9781506488172 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022054967
OCLC
1351211711
Author
Hamilton, Lacino, author.
Title
In spite of the consequences : prison letters on exoneration, abolition, and freedom / Lacino Hamilton.
Publisher
Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266).
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-1244
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