Brutalized in prison and freed by Bryan Stevenson, a survivor writes his story
The Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2021: Brutalized in prison and freed by Bryan Stevenson, a survivor writes his story
“As a child in one of Tampa, Fla.’s poorest and most violent housing projects, Ian Manuel was abused or abandoned by each member of his immediate family. As a 13-year-old in 1990, he shot a woman in the face during a robbery gone awry. Manuel confessed to the crime, but the judge said he wanted to make an example of the boy and sentenced him to life without parole (plus 40 years). ‘They decided I was never fit to live in society again, Manuel says.”
My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel, with a foreword by Bryan Stevenson, on bookshop.org
Politics & Prose live, May 12, 2021 at 6pm: Ian Manuel—My Time Will Come—in conversation with Andi Bernstein (streaming event)
Joe’s Pub Live, May 4, 2021: Ian Manuel - watch
