Living the aftermath of a wrongful conviction -- Researching the innocent -- Introducing the exonerees -- Facing practical problems -- Managing grief and loss -- Rebuilding relationships -- Negotiating emotional terrain -- Confronting life on death row -- Coping with life after death row -- Reclaiming innocence -- Searching for reintegration and restoration -- Moving forward
Summary
Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated. Drawing upon research on trauma, recovery, coping, and stigma, the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief, loss, resilience, hope, despair, and meaning to provide the richest account to date of the struggles faced by people striving to reclaim their lives in contemporary American society after years of wrongful incarceration
