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Trade paperback. Controversial and impassioned prison writings of this former Black Panther, and award-winning radio reporter, convicted in 1982 of the murder of a police officer, and who is awaiting execution in Pennsylvania. Regardless of what one thinks of his guilt or innocence (the afterword by his attorney describes a trial full of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct), these powerful essays on prison life, the death penalty, freedom of speech, and racism and bias in the American judicial system should be read. Includes an introducton by John Edgar Wideman and a new preface to the paperback edition by the author. 188 pp Very good in illustrated wrappers. .ISBN # 0-380727668 

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