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Author:

Logan, Alton, author.

Title:

Justice failed : how "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years / Alton Logan, with Berl Falbaum.

Publisher:

Counterpoint Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xli, 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Logan, Alton--Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)--United States.
False imprisonment--United States--Personal narratives.
Trials (False imprisonment)--United States.
African American prisoners--United States--Biography.
Legal ethics--United States.
Lawyers--Malpractice--United States.

Other Authors:

Falbaum, Berl, 1938- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Background -- Arrest -- Creating the affidavit -- First trial, 1983 -- Appeal -- Second trial, 1994 -- Prison life -- More appeals and post-conviction efforts -- Affidavit discovered -- April 18, 2008 hearing -- Andrew Wilson's affidavit -- Exoneration, innocence certificate, civil suit -- Proposed changes in ethics code -- Readjustment -- Addendum.

ISBN:

1619029928
9781619029927

LCCN:

2017024767

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)