{"product_id":"sing-sing-files-dan-slepian-9781250897725","title":"The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NBC \u003ci\u003eDateline \u003c\/i\u003eproducer's cinematic account of his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2002, Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC's \u003ci\u003eDateline\u003c\/i\u003e, received a tip from a Bronx homicide detective that two men were serving twenty-five years to life in prison for a 1990 murder they did not commit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunted by what the detective had told him, Slepian began an investigation of the case that eventually resulted in freedom for the two men and launched Slepian on a two-decade personal and professional journey into a deeply flawed justice system fiercely resistant to rectifying--or even acknowledging--its mistakes and their consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight for Justice \u003c\/i\u003eis Slepian's account of challenging that system. The story follows Slepian on years of prison visits, court hearings, and street reporting that led to a series of powerful Dateline episodes and eventually to freedom for four other men and to an especially deep and lasting friendship with one of them, Jon-Adrian \"JJ\" Velazquez. From his cell in Sing Sing, JJ aided Slepian in his investigations until his own release in 2021 after decades in prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Bryan Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sing Sing Files\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal account of wrongful imprisonment and the flaws in our justice system, and a powerful argument for reckoning and accountability. Slepian's extraordinary book, at once painful and full of hope, shines a light on an injustice whose impact the nation has only begun to confront.","brand":"Celadon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50167781753025,"sku":"9781250897725","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781250897725.jpg?v=1777405607","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/sing-sing-files-dan-slepian-9781250897725","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}