Overview
"In this introspective exploration of his life, former boxer Joey Torrey reflects on his past, his murder conviction, and his more than 30-year incarceration in a California state prison. Nearly five years after his original expos, this new edition delves deeper into circumstances surrounding Torrey's alleged murder of his boxing coach, the lengthy prison sentence handed down, his undercover collaboration with the FBI on ""Operation Matchbook"" in support of John McCain's proposed Professional Boxing Amendments Act, and the inner workings of the prison system in general. From his days as a Compton gang leader and an Olympic boxing hopeful to being tried as an adult rather than a 17-year-old minor, this compelling narrative builds the case for his innocence by citing manipulation by his managers and the strategies used in his wrongful conviction, such as establishing the motive as robbery despite a lack of evidence linking the opening of safe to the murderer. And after more than three decades as a model prisoner-and saving the life of a prison guard-Torrey ponders what it will finally take to come out from behind bars."
Full Product Details
Author: Joey Torrey ,
Joe Biel
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 10.70cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.086kg
ISBN: 9781934620311
ISBN 10: 1934620319
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Everything is here, every imaginable seedy mainspring, a fountain of bathos and pathos, sybaritism and solipsism, vice and violence and sport and sex, and Biel draws up the cup and offers up a cold, clear sip. - Verbicide Magazine It keeps you wanting more and more. - Doghouse Boxing
A great read and a good package. -- Roctober I was hooked from page 1. -- Profane Existence Has the makings of a best selling book. -- Xerography Dept Everything is here, every imaginable seedy mainspring, a fountain of bathos and pathos, sybaritism and solipsism, vice and violence and sport and sex, and Biel draws up the cup and offers up a cold, clear sip. - Verbicide Magazine It keeps you wanting more and more. - Doghouse Boxing
Everything is here, every imaginable seedy mainspring, a fountain of bathos and pathos, sybaritism and solipsism, vice and violence and sport and sex, and Biel draws up the cup and offers up a cold, clear sip. - Verbicide Magazine It keeps you wanting more and more. - Doghouse Boxing
Author Information
Joey Torrey was convicted for murdering his boxing manager and is currently in prison in Ione, California.
