From death row to freedom : the struggle for racial justice in the Pitts-Lee case / Phillip A. Hubbart.
2023
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From death row to freedom : the struggle for racial justice in the Pitts-Lee case / Phillip A. Hubbart.
Imprint
Gainesvile : University Press of Florida, [2023]
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 404 pages) : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
Part I. The Murder Convictions (1963-1964). Introduction: The End of the Ordeal
Curtis Adams and the Port St. Joe/Ft. Lauderdale Murders
The Port St. Joe Interrogations
The Panama City Interrogations
The Army CID Investigation
A Court Hearing
Pitts and Lee Confess
The Initial Trial Court Proceedings
The Death Sentence
The Appeal
Part II. The Newly Discovered Evidence (1965-1971). Pitts and Lee Find a New Lawyer: The State's Case Begins to Unravel
Curtis Adams Confesses
The Struggle to Re-Open the Case
The Dueling Newspapers in Miami and Panama City
The Defense Prepares
The Port St. Joe Hearing Begins
The Port St. Joe Hearing Continues
The Defense Rests
The Port St. Joe Hearing Concludes
The Ruling and the Appeal
Part III. The New Trial and Aftermath (1971-1975). Phase 1 of the Pre-Trial Proceedings
Phase II of the Pre-Trial Proceedings
Phase I of the Selection of the Jury
Phase II of the Selection of the Jury
The State's Case
The Defense Case
The Final Arguments
The Trial Concludes
The Appeal
Freedom.
Curtis Adams and the Port St. Joe/Ft. Lauderdale Murders
The Port St. Joe Interrogations
The Panama City Interrogations
The Army CID Investigation
A Court Hearing
Pitts and Lee Confess
The Initial Trial Court Proceedings
The Death Sentence
The Appeal
Part II. The Newly Discovered Evidence (1965-1971). Pitts and Lee Find a New Lawyer: The State's Case Begins to Unravel
Curtis Adams Confesses
The Struggle to Re-Open the Case
The Dueling Newspapers in Miami and Panama City
The Defense Prepares
The Port St. Joe Hearing Begins
The Port St. Joe Hearing Continues
The Defense Rests
The Port St. Joe Hearing Concludes
The Ruling and the Appeal
Part III. The New Trial and Aftermath (1971-1975). Phase 1 of the Pre-Trial Proceedings
Phase II of the Pre-Trial Proceedings
Phase I of the Selection of the Jury
Phase II of the Selection of the Jury
The State's Case
The Defense Case
The Final Arguments
The Trial Concludes
The Appeal
Freedom.
Summary
"An insider's account of a wrongful conviction and the fight to overturn it during the civil rights era This book is an insider's account of the case of Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, two Black men who were wrongfully charged and convicted of the murder of two white gas station attendants in Port St. Joe, Florida, in 1963, and sentenced to death. Phillip Hubbart, a defense lawyer for Pitts and Lee for more than 10 years, examines the crime, the trial, and the appeals with both a keen legal perspective and an awareness of the endemic racism that pervaded the case and obstructed justice. Hubbart discusses how the case against Pitts and Lee was based entirely on confessions obtained from the defendants and an alleged "eye witness" through prolonged, violent interrogations and how local authorities repeatedly rejected later evidence pointing to the real killer, a white man well-known to the Port St. Joe police. The book follows the case's tortuous route through the Florida courts to the defendants' eventual exoneration in 1975 by the Florida governor and cabinet. From Death Row to Freedom is a thorough chronicle of deep prejudice in the courts and brutality at the hands of police during the civil rights era of the 1960s. Hubbart argues that the Pitts-Lee case is a piece of American history that must be remembered, along with other similar incidents, in order for the country to make any progress toward racial reconciliation today. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 5, 2023).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Hubbart, Phillip A. From death row to freedom Gainesvile : University Press of Florida, [2023]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780813072838 electronic book
0813072832 electronic book
0813070481 electronic book
9780813070483 (electronic book)
9780813069722 hardcover
9780813080130 paperback
0813072832 electronic book
0813070481 electronic book
9780813070483 (electronic book)
9780813069722 hardcover
9780813080130 paperback
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