Law Man is an improbable-but-true 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. Shon Hopwood was a good kid from a good Nebraskan family, a small-town basketball star whose parents had started a local church. Few who knew him as a friendly teen would have imagined that, shortly after returning home from the Navy, he’d be adrift with few prospects and plotting to rob a bank. But rob he did, committing five heists before being apprehended. Only twenty three and potentially facing twelve years in Illinois’ Pekin Federal Prison, Shon feared his life was already over. He’d shamed himself and his loving family and friends, and a part of him wanted to die. He wasn’t sure at first if he’d survive the prison gangs, but slowly glimmers of hope appeared. He earned some respect on the prison basketball court, received a steady flow of letters from hometown well wishers, including a note from a special girl whom he’d thought too beautiful to ever pay him notice – and, most crucially, he secured a job in the prison law library. It was an assignment that would prove his salvation. Poring over the library’s thick legal volumes, Shon discovered that he had a knack for the law, and he soon became the go-to guy for inmates seeking help. Then came a request to write a complex petition to the Supreme Court – a high-wire act of jailhouse lawyering that had never before met with success. By the time Shon walked out of Pekin Prison he’d pulled off a series of legal miracles, earned the undying gratitude of numerous inmates, won the woman of his dreams, and built a new life for himself far greater than anything he could have imagined. A story that mixes moments of high-adrenaline with others of deep poignancy, Law Man is a powerful reminder that even the worst mistakes can be redeemed through faith, hard work and the love and support of others.

Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption

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Hopwood, Shon

Burke, Dennis

Professionals & Academics

Crown

Granny D: Walking Across America in My 90th Year

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Haddock, Doris

Community & Culture

Thorndike Pr

A personal account of the author's ten years of involvement in prison ministry of preaching, teaching and visiting the men in the cellblocks at San Quentin State Prison.

Doing Time: Finding Hope at San Quentin

Leaders & Notable People

Paulist Press

Diligence: A guide to successfully attaining your god-given goals

Harrison House

Monsignor Nick Hartery, former chancellor of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, now on the outs, is "promised" a bishop's hat by the cardinal if he makes the scandalous suicide of Danny Hall, a young ex-priest, "go away". Hartery soon discovers that the stun

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Xlibris

Within the hallowed walls of the cathedral, there is intrigue -- and murder... Monsignor Nick Hartery, former chancellor of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, now on the outs, is promised a bishop's hat by the cardinal if he makes the scandalous suicide of Danny Hall, a young ex-priest, "go away." Hartery soon discovers that the handsome ex-priest was murdered and that Duryea, the current chancellor, is somehow involved. Hartery, in love with a woman and driven by ambition, wonders about pursuing the killer. However, Hartery is changed by his contact with Catherine Yacenda, a Mexican mystic and ex-nun. He pursues the killer, discovers a shocking secret -- and the mystery behind the death of Danny Hall unravels.

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