The Story of Dan Bright: Crime, Corruption, and Injustice in the Crescent City

Growing up in New Orleans's Florida Projects in the 1980s, it didn't take long for a smart kid like Dan Bright to find an outlet for all of his ambition and business savvy. The world of drug trafficking gave him money, power, and a chance to better the lives of people in his community. It was only a matter of time before he attracted the attention of the New Orleans criminal justice system, which would stop at nothing—including framing Dan for murder—to get him off the streets.
Dan's capital murder trial lasted one day. The District Attorney's office brought out false testimony and fabricated evidence in order to lead the jury to their ultimate conclusion: that Daniel Bright was guilty of murder, and that his sentence would be death.
This incredible true story unflinchingly shows the injustice of the legal system, as well as the base corruption on display at Angola Prison, where Dan spent ten years reading books, mentoring his fellow prisoners, and struggling for one of the rights supposedly guaranteed to all Americans: a fair trial.