{"product_id":"a-second-reckoning-race-injustice-and-the-last-hanging-in-annapolis-hardcover","title":"A Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott D. Seligman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2022 IPPY Silver Medal \u003cbr\u003e 2021 Foreword Indies Gold Winner for History \u003cbr\u003e 2021-22 Reader Views Literary Awards Silver Medal Winner \u003cbr\u003e 2021 Best Book Awards Finalist in US History sponsored by American Book Fest \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Second Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite undergoing torture, was tried--through legal shenanigans--by an all-white jury, and was found guilty on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death. Despite hair-raising, last-minute appeals to spare his life, Snowden was hanged for the crime. But decades after his death, thanks to tireless efforts by interested citizens and family members who believed him a victim of a \"legal lynching,\" Snowden was pardoned posthumously by the governor of Maryland in 2001. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Second Reckoning \u003c\/i\u003euses Snowden's case to bring posthumous pardons into the national conversation about amends for past racial injustices. Scott D. Seligman argues that the repeal of racist laws and policies must be augmented by reckoning with America's judicial past, especially in cases in which prejudice may have tainted procedures or perverted verdicts, evidence of bias survives, and a constituency exists for a second look. Seligman illustrates the profound effects such acts of clemency have on the living and ends with a siren call for a reexamination of such cases on the national level by the Department of Justice, which officially refuses to consider them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott D. Seligman\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac Books, 2020), the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac Books, 2018), and \u003ci\u003eThe First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849980502349,"sku":"9781640124653","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/RmJvRWxZUWZCS21sZWdReUpGQmJ3UT09.webp?v=1778014271","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-second-reckoning-race-injustice-and-the-last-hanging-in-annapolis-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}