Overview
Justice Failed is the story of Alton Logan, an African American man who served twentyāsix years in prison for a murder he did not commit. In 1983, Logan was falsely convicted of fatally shooting an offāduty Cook County corrections officer, Lloyd M. Wickliffe, at a Chicagoāarea McDonaldās, and sentenced to life in prison. While serving time for unrelated charges, Andrew Wilsonāthe true murdererāadmitted his guilt to his own lawyers, Dale Coventry and Jamie Kunz. However, bound by the legal code of ethics known as the absolutism of clientāattorney privilege, Coventry and Kunz could not take action. Instead, they signed an affidavit proclaiming Loganās innocence and locked the document in a hidden strong box. It wasnāt until after Wilsonās death in 2007 that his lawyers were able to come forward with the evidence that would eventually set Alton Logan free after twentyāsix years in prison.
Written in collaboration with veteran journalist Berl Falbaum, Justice Failed explores the sharp divide that exists between commonsense moralityāan innocent man should be freeāand the rigid ethics of the law that superseded that morality. Throughout the book, inādepth interviews and legal analyses give way to Alton Logan himself as he tells his own story, from his childhood in Chicago to the devastating impact that the loss of a quarter century has had on his lifeāhe entered prison at twentyāeight years of age, and was released at fiftyāfive.
This book title, Justice Failed (How "Legal Ethics" Kept Me in Prison for 26 Years), ISBN: 9781640091092, by Alton Logan, Berl Falbaum, published by Catapult (October 9, 2018) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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