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Hardcover Living Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of the Exonerated Book

ISBN: 0743483456

ISBN13: 9780743483452

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
Edgy Brilliance, Gritty Passion!

A fierce, brilliant account of a political, artistic and personal quest: two young people in search of truth and justice end up finding love and adventure and the harsh realities of America's dark side. Blank's searing intelligence and total conviction for her cause make this book incredibly hard to put down, even as the truths it reveals are often hard to take. If you have seen "The Exonerated," you will love reading the...

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living justice, staging beauty

Jessica Blank's and Erik Jensen's joint memoir, "Living Justice," tells their story of how a desire to create awareness over an important--yet overlooked--issue in the American justice system blossomed from "Eureka!"-style concept into a beautifully realized theater piece called "The Exonerated," which has been performed all over the country and recently adapted for television, educated tens (if not hundreds) of thousands...

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great book, great voices: a very personal, compelling story

This is a great story. It's about two young people falling in love while testing their own and each others' limits, researching and writing "The Exonerated," an excellent (and very influential) play about the fascinating, tragic, and ordinary people exonerated and released from death row. Erik and Jessica don't stumble down the rabbit-hole of the American criminal justice system. They climb down it step by step, confessing...

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