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Zusatztext "Without bitterness! and with startling and admirable honesty! Bozella's story shines a light on injustice and what it really means to have the heart of a fighter. This is a remarkable story told with perspective on life that has been hard won! and is all the more powerful for it." Informationen zum Autor Dewey Bozella shares his life lessons as a motivational speaker and through the Dewey Bozella Foundation, which works with at-risk and underserved youth. He lives in upstate New York. Klappentext The inspiring story of one man’s fight against his wrongful incarceration and his eventual triumph—both inside and outside the boxing ring. In the late 1970s, Dewey Bozella was wrongfully convicted of murdering Emma Crapser, a ninety-two-year-old resident of Poughkeepsie, New York. Sentenced to twenty years to life in prison, Bozella fiercely maintained his innocence throughout his ordeal at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and even refused the prosecutor’s offer of freedom in exchange for an admission of guilt. But in 2009, more than a quarter century later, Dewey Bozella would reclaim his identity and his humanity when his conviction was vacated. In this raw and uplifting memoir, Bozella takes us through the trials, tribulations, and joys of his life inside prison and, eventually, as a free man. While at Sing Sing, he took up boxing to channel his anger, and eventually became the prison’s light-heavyweight champion. Bozella also met and married the love of his life from behind bars, lost countless parole hearings, and spent agonizing time on a cell block with both his brother’s murderer and, it turned out, the true crim-inal in whose place Bozella served so much time. But Bozella never gave up. After he was refused parole and had his sentence extended, the Innocence Project caught word of his case. Thanks to his undying faith, stalwart persistence, and the aid of a young pro bono attorney at the Innocence Project who doggedly worked toward Bozella’s release when all hope seemed lost, he was released from prison in 2009. Shortly thereafter, he won his professional boxing debut against Larry Hopkins, started an afterschool athletics program for at-risk youth, and was awarded the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. An incredibly uplifting underdog story, Stand Tall recounts one man’s perseverance in the face of injustice and his difficult road to freedom. Zusammenfassung In this inspiring memoir! Dewey Bozella recounts his life and the twenty-six years he spent behind bars for a murder he did not commit—a stirring tale of courage! strength! faith! and perseverance. In the late 1970s! Dewey Bozella was wrongfully accused of murdering Emma Crapser! a ninety-two-year-old resident of Poughkeepsie! New York. Sentenced to twenty years to life in prison! Bozella fiercely maintained his innocence throughout his ordeal at Sing Sing! and even refused the prosecutor’s offer of instant freedom in exchange for admission of guilt. But in 2009! more than a quarter century later! Dewey Bozella would reclaim his identity and his humanity when his conviction was vacated. In this powerful memoir! Bozella tells his harrowing and amazing story—interweaving his time in prison with stories of a childhood marked by violence and pain. He shares the joys of marrying the love of his life from behind bars! becoming a champion boxer! and earning his education; the agony of being denied parole four times! and living in a cellblock with his brother’s murderer and! eventually! the killer whose thumbprint was found in Emma Crapser’s apartment. Yet the fighter in Bozella never gave up. He would become a free man thanks to his undying faith! stalwart persistence! the aid of the Innocence Project! and Wilmer Hale! the Park Avenue law firm whose young pro bono attorney doggedly worked toward his release when all hope seemed lost. Today! Bozella cons...
