By Alison Flowers
From front traces of the wrongful conviction capital of the United StatesCook County, Ill.these tales exhibit severe gaps within the felony justice approach. plant life depicts the collateral harm of wrongful convictions on households and groups, demanding the deeper challenge of mass incarceration within the usa. As she tells each one exoneree’s strong tale, flora vividly indicates that liberate from legal, although occasionally joyous and hopeful, isn't really a Hollywood endingor an finishing in any respect. really, an exoneree’s first unshackled steps are the start of a brand new trip packed with turmoil and triumph.
Based on Chicago Public Media’s yearlong multimedia seriesa finalist for a countrywide on-line Journalism Awardthis narrative piece of investigative journalism tells profoundly human tales of reclaiming one’s lifestyles, overcoming adversity, and looking for purposeat occasions with devastating outcomes and brave breakthroughs.
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