Living Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of The Exonerated

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A love story. An artistic journey. A matter of life and death…
In 2000, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen embarked on a tour across America — one that would give them a glimpse of the darker side of the justice system and, at the same time, reveal to them just how resilient the human spirit can be. They were a pair of young actors from New York who wanted to learn more about our country’s exonerated — men and women who had been sentenced to die for crimes they didn’t commit, who spent anywhere from two to twenty-two years on death row, and who were freed amidst overwhelming evidence of their innocence. The result of their journey was The Exonerated, New York Times number one play of 2002, which was embraced by such acting luminaries as Ossie Davis, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Glover, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, and Robin Williams.
Living Justice is Jessica and Erik’s fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of the creation of their play. A tale of artistic expression and political awakening, innocence lost and wisdom won, this is above all a story about two people who fall in love while pursuing their passion and learn — through the stories of the exonerated — what freedom truly means.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000MGATTO
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2006
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 640 KB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416541028
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #4,609,853 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #762 in Drama & Plays Literary Criticism #1,085 in Playwriting (Kindle Store) #1,106 in Civil Rights Law (Kindle Store)
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