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In this introspective exploration of former boxer Joey Torrey's
life, his past, his murder conviction, and his more than 30-year
incarceration in a California state prison are each fine-tooth
combed. Nearly five years after his original memoir, this new
edition is re-written as a biography and delves deeper into
circumstances surrounding Torrey's alleged murder of his boxing
coach, the lengthy prison sentence handed down, his undercover
collaboration with the FBI on "Operation Matchbook" in support of
John McCain's proposed Professional Boxing Amendments Act, and the
inner workings of the prison system in general. From his days as a
Compton gang leader and an Olympic boxing hopeful to being tried as
an adult rather than a 17-year-old minor, this compelling narrative
reflects on his life as a parable as well as examining the
strategies used in his conviction, such as establishing the motive
as robbery despite a lack of evidence linking the opening of safe
to the murderer. And after more than three decades as a model
prisoner--and saving the life of a prison guard--Torrey has
prolifically written hundreds of letters to Joe Biel, who finds
himself in the unlikely situation to share this story.
A stirring work that offers a chilling glimpse into the negligence,
greed, murder, and, at times, comical disorganization behind some
of the CIA's most controversial secret operations, this book
collects the first five issues of the zine. Summarizing the
influence the CIA had in the assassination of Martin Luther King
Jr.; the AIDS virus; the killing of Filiberto Ojeda Rios, a Puerto
Rican independence movement leader; the Patriot Act; and the
Iran-Contra affair, this forthright representation provides an
behind the scenes look at the United States' foreign and domestic
policies. The radical claims presented are built on fact and posit
an accessible alternative to mainstream histories that help to
contextualize current events and the worldwide anti-American
backlash.
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