Malcolm Bell, a former corporate litigator, decided in mid-career to seek greater fulfillment by pursuing criminal law. While serving as a New York State prosecutor, he bravely blew the whistle on the state’s refusal to hold law officers accountable for the extensive torture and murder that they committed during the 1971 Attica prison riot.
Heather Ann Thompson, professor of history at the University of Michigan, has written extensively on the history of mass incarceration. She is the author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy.