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Auteur(s) : Hubbart, Phillip A.. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : From death row to freedom [Texte imprimé] : the struggle for racial justice in the Pitts-Lee case / Phillip A. Hubbart
Publication : Gainesville (Fla.) : University press of Florida, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv-404 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"This book is an insider's account of the case of Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee,
two Black men who were wrongfully charged and convicted of murder and sentenced to
death during the civil rights era of the 1960s" ; "An insider's account of a wrongful
conviction and the fight to overturn it during the civil rights era This book is an
insider's account of the case of Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, two Black men
who were wrongfully charged and convicted of the murder of two white gas station attendants
in Port St. Joe, Florida, in 1963, and sentenced to death. Phillip Hubbart, a defense
lawyer for Pitts and Lee for more than 10 years, examines the crime, the trial, and
the appeals with both a keen legal perspective and an awareness of the endemic racism
that pervaded the case and obstructed justice. Hubbart discusses how the case against
Pitts and Lee was based entirely on confessions obtained from the defendants and an
alleged "eye witness" through prolonged, violent interrogations and how local authorities
repeatedly rejected later evidence pointing to the real killer, a white man well-known
to the Port St. Joe police. The book follows the case's tortuous route through the
Florida courts to the defendants' eventual exoneration in 1975 by the Florida governor
and cabinet. From Death Row to Freedom is a thorough chronicle of deep prejudice in
the courts and brutality at the hands of police during the civil rights era of the
1960s. Hubbart argues that the Pitts-Lee case is a piece of American history that
must be remembered, along with other similar incidents, in order for the country to
make any progress toward racial reconciliation today. Publication of this work made
possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Struggle for racial justice in the Pitts-Lee case
Sujet(s) : Pitts, Freddie Lee -- Procès
Lee, Wilbert -- Procès
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale -- Floride (États-Unis) -- 1945-1990
Erreur judiciaire -- Floride (États-Unis) -- 1945-1990
Emprisonnement injustifié -- Floride (États-Unis) -- 1945-1990
Peine de mort -- Floride (États-Unis) -- 1945-1990
Procès -- Floride (États-Unis) -- 1945-1990
Indice(s) Dewey : 345.730 7 (23e éd.) = Procès (droit pénal) - Etats-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-8130-8013-0 (br.). - ISBN 0813080134 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47445375w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47445375
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. The murder convictions (1963-1964) ; Introduction : the end of the ordeal ; Curtis Adams and the Port St. Joe/Ft. Lauderdale murders ; The Port St. Joe interrogations ; The Panama City interrogations ; The Army CID investigation ; A court hearing ; Pitts and Lee confess ; The initial trial court proceedings ; The death sentence ; The appeal ; Part II. The newly discovered evidence (1965-1971) ; Pitts and Lee get a new lawyer and the state's case begins to collapse ; Curtis Adams confesses ; The struggle to reopen the case ; Dueling newspapers in Miami and Panama City ; The defense prepares ; The Port St. Joe hearing begins ; The Port St. Joe hearing continues ; The defense rests ; The Port St. Joe hearing concludes ; The ruling and the appeal ; Part III. The new trial and its aftermath (1971-1975) ; Phase I of the pretrial proceedings ; Phase II of the pretrial proceedings ; Phase I of jury selection ; Phase II of jury selection ; The state's case ; The defense case ; The final arguments ; The trial concludes ; The appeal ; Freedom