Lucasville Tb The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: EBL-SchweitzerPublication details: Oakland, CA 94623 PM Press 2011Edition: 2. Auflage / 2nd edDescription: 233 S. 21,5 x 14 x 1,5 cmISBN:- 9781604865370
- 365.977109049
- HV9475.O32 S685 2011
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Bücher | Periodika | Anarchistische Bibliothek und Archiv Wien | HK-rg-Lyn-1286 | 1 | Available | 326.57094309045 |
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Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal; Introduction; One: A Long Train of Abuses; Two: The Worst of the Worst; Three: Who Killed Officer Vallandingham?; Four: Settlement of a Siege; Diagrams and Photographs; Five: The Criminal Injustice System-Before Trial; Six: The Criminal Injustice System-Trial and Appeal; Seven: Overcoming Racism-The Lucasville Redemption; Eight: Attica and Amnesty; Chronology of Lucasville Rebellion; Appendix One: Transcript of Tunnel Tape 61; Appendix Two: Demands of the Prisoners in L Block
Appendix Three: Documents Circulated by Advocates of the Death Penalty for Lucasville RiotersAppendix Four: Selective Prosecution of Leaders of the Rebellion Compared with Informants who Concededly Committed the Same Acts; Appendix Five: Selective Prosecution Based on Identity of Victim; Endnotes; Index
In telling the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, in which hundreds of inmates seized a major area of an Ohio correctional facility, this chronicle examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during its 11-day duration, and the fairness of the trials in the aftermath of the rioting. Recounted from the prisoners' side and viewed through a lawyer's and an activist's lens, this exposé sheds light on the horrific and inhumane prison conditions, the rebellion and killing of 10 people, the drivers of the negotiated surrender, and the trial that was filled with mi
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