Grievous Deeds Quotes

“His voice was so faint that it was audible only to those in the first rows. “I haven’t got much to say, only that I am an innocent man,” the prisoner said softly. “If they say I’m guilty, I reckon I’ll have to suffer and it’s all right.”
― Kimberly Tilley, Grievous Deeds: The True Story of Four Years of Fury in Chattanooga, Tennessee

“Scarcely a day went by without Edwards starting a fight or challenging a guard or refusing to cooperate in some way. The officers tried increasingly harsh discipline but to no avail. Their threats and punishments were no more successful at curbing Dave’s behavior than they would be had they been levied against an incarcerated raccoon.”
― Kimberly Tilley, Grievous Deeds: The True Story of Four Years of Fury in Chattanooga, Tennessee