{"product_id":"good-kids-bad-city-kyle-swenson-9781250120250","title":"Good Kids, Bad City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning investigative journalist Kyle Swenson, \u003ci\u003eGood Kids, Bad City\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterweaving 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. \u003ci\u003eGood Kids, Bad City\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyle Swenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125012025X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250120250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Kyle Swenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43924554875135,"sku":"9781250120250","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4b4dee30-53dd-4601-a436-3b22b7e6c56a.jpg?v=1681072100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/good-kids-bad-city-kyle-swenson-9781250120250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}