![]() ![]() ![]() But Sharanda's case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. Moved by Sharanda's plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. As she studied this case, a system came into focus: one where widespread racial injustice forms the core of America's addiction to incarceration. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, both as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother and as the once-girlfriend of an abusive drug dealer. A victim of America's devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole-for a first-time drug offense. ![]() ![]() Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever-that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. "An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity-from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. ![]()
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