so i called right away because i knew they had the wrong jarrett adams, right? i called and they got me, they said, look come down, you'd never been arrested here, and you come down and clear it up. and my mother gets out, and-- they said how old are you, i'm 17. >> and the entire interview, being called kid, boy, son. kid boy son. we were the three black men from chicago, just that fast. and just that fast and i just, you know, i-- and i wrote this book in a way so that it's a tutorial. i remember every word from tupac's cd. when i was in that police station i didn't know the amendments. i didn't know i could walk out there. i didn't know i could simply say i want a lawyer and things would be over. and i thought telling the truth, and [inaudible] -- that was my false belief. >> and then the police officer from the chicago police. >> yes. >> department and someone who has come from here in wisconsin down there. >> yes. >> and you know, having just, you know, you get this very much in the book. interrogating automotive didn't come with an open mind, did not. i me

jarrett adams writes with remarkable empathy for others these two men. and even for the individuals who did him great harm. his book could have been all about himself. his remarkable odyssey from being a teenager to nearly 30 years in prison and now leading a full practicing life in three states. mister adams book is a fast compelling read but his is a long story. he was released from prison in 2007 on bond d. not yet exonerated. and his is healing from that incarceration with much longer. and his doctorate from cornell university in 2015 he now needs legal offices innew york , chicago, milwaukee and next year in los angeles. mister adams is also cofounder of life after justice , a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping exonerate. >> i knew it wouldn't come out. >> that is people who have been unjustly imprisoned. to help them rebuild their lives. please join me in welcoming jarrett adams to the podium. [applause] >> .. i hope you guys are expecting a scholar type of lecture because that's not me. that's how i wrote the book and i won't take over be

so i call right away because i knew they had the wrong jarrett adams, right? i called and they got me. they said, look, come on down, you know. you never been arrested before. just come on down and you can clear it up. i said, look my mother gets off work at 4, 5:00. he asked me, he says, well, how old are you? i said, 17. he said that's legal in illinois, kid. come on down, get it over it. the entire interview i was called kid, boy, son, kid, boy, son. when we were charged we were the three black men from chicago. just that fast. just that fast. and i just -- you know, i pray again that -- and i wrote this book in a way so that it's tutorial. i remember every lyric from tupac's 1998 double cd when i was in that police station, i didn't know one amendment to our constitutional right. didn't know i had the right to walk out of there. didn't know that i could have simply said i want a lawyer and things would have been over. i thought if i told the truth, it would work out because when it comes on, everything worked out, man. they got the bad guy. so that was my

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