THE SING SING FILES One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice

When NBC "Dateline" reporter and producer Dan Slepian stumbled upon evidence that a number of men serving lengthy terms in the New York State prison system may have been innocent, he couldn't let it go. In a voice bristling with urgency, empathy, and determination, Slepian recounts how false identification, racial profiling, prosecutorial misconduct, incentivized witnesses, and just being in the wrong place at the wrong time can get an innocent citizen convicted of murder and sent to prison for life. A second chance at real justice takes faith, years of court hearings, and reams of paperwork--but for six men Slepian's advocacy for the truth was well worth it. They're finally free. Enhanced with archival recordings, this is investigative journalism at its best and most necessary. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2024]