Thanks to our friends at Penguin Press, we're giving away 200 copies of The Jailhouse Lawyer by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull to lucky stewards in the U.S.! The victim of an incompetent public defense system and a badly compromised witness, Calvin Duncan was nineteen when he was incarcerated for a murder he didn't commit. At twenty-one, he filed his first motion from prison: “Motion for a Law Book,” which began his successful, self-taught legal career. From within the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Duncan became a legal advocate for himself and fellow inmates, fighting for those the state had long since written off. This biography is a bracing condemnation of the criminal legal system and an intimate portrait of a heroic man’s resilience in the face of injustice.
The entry period runs through July 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 200 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email.
Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards in the U.S. Must be 18 or older to enter.