Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit - Hardcover

Cook, Kerry Max

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006057464X ISBN 13: 9780060574642

Publisher: William Morrow, 2007

Synopsis

America's longest-tenured death-row inmate to be freed after wrongful conviction describes the police and prosecutorial misconduct that led to his conviction for the 1977 murder of a young woman, his brutal experience behind bars before his 1999 DNA exoneration, and his subsequent work as an advocate for legal reform.

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Review:

"A brutal but compelling account. . . . Amazing." -- William S. Sessions, former FBI Director and federal judge

"A brutal but compelling account. . . . Amazing."--William S. Sessions, former FBI Director and federal judge

"The incredible story of this enforced visit to hell and back is a modern day version of Dante and Kafka."--Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School

"Kafka-esque...That he survived is astounding; the circumstances that finally freed him...are nearly miraculous."--Texas Monthly

"I dare you to read this book. . . An inspiring human being."--Richard Dreyfuss

""Chasing Justice" is captivating...It is going to break through political barriers and be a catalyst for reform.--Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking"

""Chasing Justice" is an immensely compelling story that is hard to believe. If it were fiction, no one would believe it. But it's not, and Kerry Cook's account of his nightmare is fascinating."--John Grisham

"An inmate's harrowing first-person account of a travesty of Texas jurisprudence."--Kirkus Reviews

"Cook's story is so gripping that only a heart of steel won't break after reading it."--People

"Chasing Justice" is an immensely compelling story that is hard to believe. If it were fiction, no one would believe it. But it s not, and Kerry Cook s account of his nightmare is fascinating. --John Grisham"

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 006057464X
• ISBN 13: 9780060574642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356