Life Sentence

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- A dramatic, propulsive, true crime story of a major Baltimore gang and the FBI investigation into it, taking place largely from 2015-2018 and culminating in the trial that resulted in the sentencing of eight ?Trained to Go? members and Montana Barronette himself- Gangs have been a part of inner-city American life for decadesMark Bowden had unprecedented insider access ? the most exclusive, firsthand access he has had reporting a story since Black Hawk Down ? including interview transcripts, wiretaps, and direct relationships with the Baltimore Police Department and former gang members who went undercover in the gang- Bowden grew up on the ?white side? of Baltimore, in the suburbs, and moved to the city after graduating from college to work as a reporter for the Baltimore News-American. He recalls his segregated upbringing and the problematic reporting practices of the city's newspapers and the stories that have been left out, an issue he seeks to remedy in Life Sentence- For fans of David Simon's work (?The Wire, ? Homicide, ?We Own This City), Life Sentence follows a gang in the same neighborhood depicted in the acclaimed HBO series ?The Wire? For readers of Sanyika Shakur's Monster, Leon Bing's Do or Die, Luis J. Rodriguez's Always Running, and Roberto Saviano's The Piranhas and Gomorrah