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Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned

by Reuven Fenton
7 CDs. 8 hrs. Tantor. 2015. ISBN 9781494501846. $39.99. 1 MP3-CD, digital download. CRIME
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They're in the wrong place at the wrong time, all too often wearing a suspect skin color—it can't be assumed everyone convicted of murder is guilty, even if a confession is read out in court. Fenton, a New York Post reporter, covered the 2013 case in which an innocent man was set free after serving decades on a murder conviction. Here, Fenton turns the spotlight on ten other persons jailed for felonies they didn't commit. Particularly strong is Fenton's description of interrogations so brutal that some of the book's interviewees agreed to the scripted confessions just so their grillings would end. Narrators Will Damron, J.D. Jackson, and Bahni Turpin take on the charged subject matter with nuance and compassion.
VERDICT Highly recommended for listeners concerned about justice in America. ["The author proves his point that the justice system is far from perfect and gives his readers reasons to think twice about criminal convictions": LJ Xpress Reviews 12/18/15 review of the Tantor hc.]
Reviewed by Kelly Sinclair, Temple P.L., TX. , Apr 01, 2016
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