The Exonerated - A Play (Paperback, Revised and Upd)

What effect does it have on a person--a soul, a life--to have freedom and self-respect stripped away and then, ostensibly, returned years later after decades of incarceration? "The Exonerated" attempts to answer this question through the words of six innocent men and women who, after years in jail, emerged from death row to try to reclaim what was left of their lives.
Among them are Sunny Jacobs, a mother of two whose unwavering belief during sixteen years in jail that she would be released (despite the execution of her husband, who was also innocent, for the same crime) allowed her to dedicate herself to being a "living memorial" when she was freed. There is Kerry Max Cook, a Texan who was convicted of murdering a young woman even though she was found with another man's hair grasped in her fist--a man whom "Texas killed a thousand times, and just keeps on doing it" in his nightmares. And there is Delbert Tibbs, a black Chicago poet who speaks of his years on death row with anger and bitterness, yet also, as he says, "still sings." All their stories have been compiled and edited by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen into "The Exonerated," a play that is both a riveting work of theater and an exploration of the dark side of the American criminal justice system.

General

Imprint:	Farrar Straus Giroux
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Jessica Blank • Erik Jensen
Dimensions:	196 x 156 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	96
Edition:	Revised and Upd
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-21183-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-571-21183-6
Barcode:	9780571211838

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