Juror Number 2: The Story of a Murder, the Agony of a Neighborhood

by Efrem Sigel

Book Overview

This riveting memoir recounts the author's experience on a jury in a murder trial and his subsequent investigation of the conditions in East Harlem that led young people to be involved in drug-selling and criminal activity. Besides the trial itself, the book is the story of the failures in NYCHA housing projects, the schools and the criminal justice system, and the efforts of a handful of educators, nonprofit leaders and criminal justice reformers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1732425507
• ISBN13: 9781732425507
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Writers' Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"