Hopwood was working in the prison law library, checking out books. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption by burke, dennis, hopwood, shon and a great selection of related books. Buy books, webinars, consulting, prison professors can help you. Summary judgment on books of note, from npr personalities, independent booksellers and critics from across the publicradio spectrum. His writing is very personal and the story moves along quickly without getting bogged down. Hopwood was working in the prison law library, checking out books, when a fellow prisoner asked him for help with his case. Nprs brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. Readers will learn how decisions they made inside led to success upon release. Back when kopf sentenced him, hopwood said, he couldnt have proven that he could turn. Shon hopwood has written an excellent book that brings the reader on the inside of the mind of a bank robber, the federal prison system, and the legal system that is so often a difficult maze for the average person to navigate.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Memoir of a jailhouse lawyer kindle edition by hopwood, shon. Shon hopwood was a good kid from a good nebraskan family. Hopwood is a criminal justice advocate, and he has written about the need for federal sentencing and prison reform. Shon is currently a tenuretrack professor of law at georgetown law school. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading law man. Our two book package provides readers into the strategies that guided both shon hopwood and michael santos through prison. Reviews 0 shon hopwood was a good kid from a good nebraskan family. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption, and more on.
All things considered on thursday catches up with the remarkable story of shon hopwood, who has gone from being a 23yearold bank robber sentenced to spend about a decade in prison to become a 38yearold father whos soon to be clerking for a judge on the prestigious u. Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain. Lawrence valley, the champlain valley, the thousand islands, jefferson county, lewis county and. We help people prepare for best outcomes after theyve been charged with a crime. That exchange will air today thursday, september 5, 20, 4. Produced by rose friedman, petra mayer, beth novey and meghan sullivan executive producer. And, what he had was a copy of the usa today and i read the article and it said the court had. Shon hopwood books list of books by author shon hopwood. On paper, shon hopwoods life doesnt make a lot of sense, not even to. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption by shon hopwood and dennis burke. Hopwood, for his part, said on npr that hes never resented the year sentence or thought it was unjust. And one morning, a friend of mine came running and screaming my name shon, shon, shon. The books will both inspire readers and teach them how to develop the critical thinking skills and discipline to grow through adversity. He offers insight for people facing court proceedings, sentencing hearings, or prison terms.
Publishers, authors, and civil rights attorneys say the fdocs banned book list is selfserving and. Block was in washington, shon was in seattle and i was in lincoln. Click here to find an npr station that broadcasts or streams the show. Shon hopwood is an associate professor of law at georgetown university law center. It began with a happy childhood in a town of 2,500 people in nebraska.
Shon hopwood and michael santos are cofounders of prison professors. Hopwoods book is skillfully written, tightly edited, and moves so briskly its hard to imagine how interminable ten years must have seemed in reality. His dad managed a cattle feed yard, and his parents helped found a. I had not talked with hopwood since i sentenced him in 1999 to 147 months in. Law man is an improbablebuttrue memoir of redemption the story of a young bank robber who became the greatest jailhouse lawyer in american history, and who changed not just his own life, but the lives of everyone around him. The prison state and the lockdown of american politics, by marie gottschalk february 7, 2017. There, the bank robber became a jailhouse lawyer who got a fellow prisoners case heard before the supreme court. His unusual legal journey began not at law school, but federal prison, where he learned to write briefs for other prisoners.
Well also attach a link to an excerpt from a book hopwood has written. Steve kroft profiles a lawyer who rose from federal inmate to. Shon hopwood and richard kopf on npr business insider. Journal of legal education, volume 66, number 2, winter 2017. And she said, yeah, he has a book called the law man. Serving ten years in federal prison, shon feared his life was over. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption by shon hopwood and dennis. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption ebook full free online. While serving 26 years, michael earned university degrees, built businesses, and prepared for success. Shon s story has been featured in the new york times, washington post, the new yorker, npr, and on 60 minutes. Shon hopwood was a good kid from a good nebraskan family, a smalltown basketball star whose parents had started a. Those who knew him well would never have imagined that, as a young.
In the past 20 years, shon hopwood has robbed banks in nebraska, spent 11 years in federal prison, twice written successful legal petitions for fellow inmates, earned undergraduate and law degrees, written a book, and got married and started a family. My story of robbing banks, winning supreme court cases, and finding redemption. The incredible case of the bank robber whos now a law. At that time, she had very little knowledge of the law and no. It looked like shon hopwood was born into a good pattern. This week, shon hopwood and i participated in a joint interview with melissa block of npr. Classic literature meets modern teen drama in by the book.
He is a founding partner at and he works to create content that will improve outcomes of our nations criminal justice system. Shon hopwoods remarkable journey from federal inmate to. Those who knew him well would never have imagined that, as a young man, hed be adrift with few prospects and plotting to rob a bank. He is a founding partner at and he works to create content that will improve outcomes of. Can a computer predict the pattern of your life based on. Scotus granted two of shon hopwood s cases while he was in prison. All things considered, shon hopwood and me hercules and. The federal criminal justice system asks too much of prosecutors, probation officers, and judges to determine, at the frontend during charging and sentencing d. I had not talked with hopwood since i sentenced him in 1999 to 147 months in prison. Opening general session with keynote shon hopwood aall. But he did, committing five armed bank robberies before being apprehended. In law man, shon hopwood achieves equal justice under law 09182012 09.
You there is a guy named shon hopwood who, you know, robbed five banks and is a lawyer. Membersupported public radio for the north country serving communities in the adirondacks, the st. He clerked for judge janice rogers brown at the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. That he survived and emerged intact is a testament not only to his own strength, but to that of his family and friends. Meg wolitzer, charles frazier, jo nesbo, nafissa thompsonspires and james sexton. I had no prior history with the law other than breaking it. Shon hopwood was a good kid from a good nebraskan family, a smalltown basketball star whose parents had started a local church. He was raised by a great family in a lowcrime area.