Deep Delta Justice
Read by
Brad Sanders
Release:
07/28/2020
Release:
07/28/2020
Runtime:
8h 37m
Runtime:
8h 37m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“A legal saga with an emphasis on storytelling.”
Washington Post
Finalist for the 2021 Audie Award for Best History Narration
An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
A London Observer Pick of Best Books Out This Spring
A Smithsonian Magazine Pick of the Month
A Literary Hub Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2020
A Publishers Weekly Pick of 2020's Most Anticipated Books
Finalist for the 2021 Chautauqua Prize
Finalist for 2021 Audie Award in History/Biography
The book that inspired the documentary A Crime on the Bayou
2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist
The "arresting, astonishing history" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a "civil rights milestone" (Justin Driver).
In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply "The Judge."
In this powerful work of character-driven history, journalist Matthew Van Meter vividly brings alive how a seemingly minor incident brought massive, systemic change to the criminal justice system. Using first-person interviews, in-depth research and a deep knowledge of the law, Van Meter shows how Gary Duncan's insistence on seeking justice empowered generations of defendants-disproportionately poor and black-to demand fair trials. Duncan v. Louisiana changed American law, but first it changed the lives of those who litigated it.
The book that inspired the documentary A Crime on the Bayou
2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist
The "arresting, astonishing history" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a "civil rights milestone" (Justin Driver).
In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply "The Judge."
In this powerful work of character-driven history, journalist Matthew Van Meter vividly brings alive how a seemingly minor incident brought massive, systemic change to the criminal justice system. Using first-person interviews, in-depth research and a deep knowledge of the law, Van Meter shows how Gary Duncan's insistence on seeking justice empowered generations of defendants-disproportionately poor and black-to demand fair trials. Duncan v. Louisiana changed American law, but first it changed the lives of those who litigated it.
Release:
2020-07-28
2020-07-28
Runtime:
Runtime:
8h 37m
8h 37m
Format:
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.55 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781478947318
9781549132346
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group
Praise