Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Swenson, Kyle
Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Swenson, Kyle

Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America

From award-winning investigative journalist Kyle Swenson, Good Kids, Bad City is the true story of the longest...
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Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Swenson, Kyle

Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America

$48.39
Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Swenson, Kyle

Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America

$48.39
Author: Kyle Swenson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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From award-winning investigative journalist Kyle Swenson, Good Kids, Bad City is the true story of the longest wrongful imprisonment in the United States to end in exoneration, and a critical social and political history of Cleveland, the city that convicted them.

In the early 1970s, three African-American men--Wiley Bridgeman, Kwame Ajamu, and Rickey Jackson--were accused and convicted of the brutal robbery and murder of a man outside of a convenience store in Cleveland, Ohio. The prosecution's case, which resulted in a combined 106 years in prison for the three men, rested on the more-than-questionable testimony of a pre-teen, Ed Vernon.

The actual murderer was never found. Almost four decades later, Vernon recanted his testimony, and Wiley, Kwame, and Rickey were released. But while their exoneration may have ended one of American history's most disgraceful miscarriages of justice, the corruption and decay of the city responsible for their imprisonment remain on trial.

Interweaving the dramatic details of the case with Cleveland's history--one that, to this day, is fraught with systemic discrimination and racial tension--Swenson reveals how this outrage occurred and why. Good Kids, Bad City is a work of astonishing empathy and insight: an immersive exploration of race in America, the struggling Midwest, and how lost lives can be recovered.

Author: Kyle Swenson
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 03/17/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781250120250

About the Author
KYLE SWENSON is a reporter for The Washington Post. A finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, he is also the recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, The New Republic, and Longreads. A graduate of Kenyon College, he lives in Washington, D.C.


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