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Author Beety, Valena E., author.

Title Manifesting justice : wrongly convicted women reclaim their rights / Valena Beety ; foreword by Koa Beck.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022]
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  345.73 BEETY    Check Shelf
Description x, 338 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "From a former federal prosecutor turned champion of the wrongfully convicted, this powerful and profound book follows the stories of women reclaiming their freedom and creates a new blueprint for remaking our deeply flawed criminal legal system." -- Inside front jacket flap.
Working with the Innocence Movement and Leigh Stubbs-a woman denied a fair trial largely due to her sexual orientation-a former federal prosecutor weaves Leigh's story through the broader story of a broken criminal system.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-316) and index.
Subject Judicial error -- United States.
Judicial error -- Mississippi -- Cases.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mississippi -- Cases.
False imprisonment -- United States.
False imprisonment -- Mississippi -- Cases.
Women prisoners -- United States.
Women prisoners -- Mississippi -- Cases.
Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States.
Prosecutorial misconduct -- Mississippi -- Cases.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00883246
False imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00920104
Judicial error. (OCoLC)fst00984666
Prosecutorial misconduct. (OCoLC)fst01750085
Women prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01178398
Mississippi. (OCoLC)fst01207034
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Trials, litigation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423712
Biographies.
Added Author Beck, Koa, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780806541518 (hardcover)
0806541512 (hardcover)
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