In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance (Hardcover)

from ProfH

This one is far more complex that the book jacket description. Rideau is a talented writer who was born into an unjust time and place. The circumstances that lead to his crime don't justify the crime, but make condemning him also feel unjust. This is not a feel good story as he is a murder--he mu...

from arubabookwoman

In 1962, Wilbert Rideau was convicted of murder, for a killing that occurred during a bank robbery gone terribly wrong. He was sentenced to death, was given new trials on a couple of occasions which upheld that verdict, but ultimately his death sentence was commuted to life when the Supreme Court...

from 7DogNight

This was a very difficult book to read. Having had family who lived in the South during Jim Crow I knew the truth of the racism and cruelty of the times. However, reading about it from the point of view of the recipient altered my perception of its effect. Mr. Rideau's candid confession of his cr...

from 7DogNight

This was a very difficult book to read. Having had family who lived in the South during Jim Crow I knew the truth of the racism and cruelty of the times. However, reading about it from the point of view of the recipient altered my perception of its effect. Mr. Rideau's candid confession of his cr...