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Barnett, Brittany K

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Barnett, Brittany K

Summary: "An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity-from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever-that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America's devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole-for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, both as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother and as the once-girlfriend of an abusive drug dealer. As she studied this case, a system came into focus: one where widespread racial injustice forms the core of America's addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda's plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda's case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near-hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself. Brittany's riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both"--

Language: eng

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Publication

New York, Crown, 2020

Edition: First edition.

Extent: viii, 321 pages

Contents

Looking for a key
A knock at my door
Girls embracing mothers
Plea for mercy
Steppers keep steppin'
Love, faith, hope
Dawn. XVI
Midnight
Genius behind bars
Dawn will come
Prologue
Traveling. Dear Mama
Hero on Ground Zero
The hole
Other side of the game
Pulling chain
Knocking. Proximity
I am Sharanda Jones

Isbn: 9781984825780

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Label: A knock at midnight : a story of hope, justice, and freedom

Title: A knock at midnight

Title remainder: a story of hope, justice, and freedom

Statement of responsibility: Brittany K. Barnett

Creator

Barnett, Brittany K

Author

Barnett, Brittany K

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Language: eng

Summary: "An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity-from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever-that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America's devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole-for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, both as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother and as the once-girlfriend of an abusive drug dealer. As she studied this case, a system came into focus: one where widespread racial injustice forms the core of America's addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda's plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda's case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near-hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself. Brittany's riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both"--

Assigning source: Provided by publisher

Biography type: contains biographical information

Cataloging source: DLC

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Barnett, Brittany K

Dewey number

340.092
B

Index: no index present

LC call number: KF373

LC item number: .B37 2020

Literary form: non fiction

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Barnett, Brittany K
Jones, Sharanda
Criminal defense lawyers
Prisoners
Judicial error
Clemency
Clemency
Criminal defense lawyers
Judicial error
Prisoners
Trials
Texas
United States
LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black