In May of 1976, twenty-four-year-old Carol Menaker was impaneled
with eleven others on a jury in the trial of Freddy Burton, a young
Black prison inmate charged with the grisly murders of two white
wardens inside Philadelphia’s Holmesburg Prison. After being
sequestered for twenty-one days, the jury voted to convict Mr.
Burton, who was then sentenced to life in prison without parole.
For more than forty years, Menaker did what she could to put the
intensely emotional experience of the sequestration and trial
behind her, rarely speaking of it to others and avoiding jury
service when at all possible. But the arrival of a jury summons at
her home in Northern California in 2017 set her on a path to
unravel the painful experience of sequestration and finally ask the
question: What ever happened to Freddy Burton—and is it possible
that my youth and white privilege were what led me to convict him
of murder? The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done is Menaker’s
inspirational account of journeying back in time to uncover the
personal bias that may have led her to judge someone whose shoes
she never could have walked in.
General
Imprint: |
She Writes Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Carol Menaker
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Dimensions: |
215 x 139mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64742-460-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
1-64742-460-7 |
Barcode: |
9781647424602 |
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