Posts on Criminal Justice and Prison Reform

Wow. The Jacklighter is on shelves now, and its launch-week reception has been overwhelming, in the best way possible. 🥹 From signing well over 50 copies at the Barnes & Noble in Vestal, NY, to three local bookstore events where I met readers with deeply personal connections to the Martin Dillon case … it’s been an incredible ...

The Washington Post’s George Will was out with an important op-ed this week that shines a spotlight on the legal loophole of “qualified immunity,” a principle that gives lawsuit protection to government workers acting in an official capacity. Will’s piece centers on a U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that prevented a family from ...

Welcome to my digital home! This space is devoted to tidbits about my book in progress, Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir, my publishing safari, anything that catches my fancy in the true crime world, and posts about prison reform and the criminal justice system — a central theme to Chain Birds’ story. More than ten ...