Joyce Ann Brown: Justice Denied - Softcover

Brown, Joyce Ann; Gaines, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962268356 ISBN 13: 9780962268359

Publisher: Noble Pr, 1990

Synopsis

To be accused, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder she did not commit was the beginning of a nine-year nightmare for Joyce Ann Brown. Her conviction is not unique, but her story is. Every day people fall through the cracks of the American judicial system and end up serving time for crimes they did not commit. Joyce Ann Brown learned to fight back when the courts offered no recourse from her injustice, and she triumphed through self-respect, caring for others, and an irrepressible sense of humor. After numerous legal setbacks and personal tragedies, Joyce Ann Brown won her freedom, but her experience is a warning to all Americans, a sobering look at "justice denied" and how easily the freedoms we take for granted can be take away.

About this title

From Library Journal:

After being imprisoned unjustly for nine years, Brown, through the assistance of Centurion Ministries, was freed. She had been convicted of participating in an armed robbery and murder, in spite of having an ironclad alibi and reliable witnesses testifying on her behalf. In this book, Brown tells her story--a black woman who maintained her courage and dignity while enduring the hardships of a Texas prison. The reader is at once horrified by the events and sympathetic to Brown; but there are no larger perspectives here. Recommended only for libraries developing all-inclusive crime/justice sections.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Noble Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0962268356
• ISBN 13: 9780962268359
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 177