John L Hill

"Acts of Darkness" provides a stark examination of notorious criminals and the systems meant to control them. It critiques how, despite efforts to make our criminal justice and correctional practices more humane, we continue to accept methods that often undermine public safety. Through the stories of these criminals, the book reveals the myths surrounding rehabilitation and exposes the realities of a system that often fails to prepare offenders for reintegration into society. "Acts of Darkness" challenges readers to confront the uncomfortable truths about the flaws and consequences of our current approach to justice.

"Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest for an End to Solitary Confinement" is the basis for a TV series currently in development. Pine Box Parole begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters delve into the killer's background and describe the senseless killings upon which he embarks after spending years in solitary confinement. Prison lawyer John L Hill, attempts to defend Fitzsimmons by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster. Part II of the book contains searing stories of five of Hill's imprisoned clients, including the, 'natural born killer' Clifford Olson, and Inderjit Sigh Reyat, the only person to be convicted of the bombing Air India Flight 182. The foreword is by Raphael Rowe, whose career as an investigative journalist and television host was born as a result of spending 12 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. The afterword is by Keramet Reiter a professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and at the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine.

Historical Perspectives. The celebration of the centenary of the Indian National Congress prompted a scholarly re-examination of that organization in the midst of an active international discussion about the nature of Indian society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Any group of historians who come together to give fresh consideration to the Congress its organization, leadership, ideology and support also join in the wider debate going on in Indian history. This volume, first published in 1991, reflects such an engagement with the full range of contemporary discussion, representing not just scholarship in five different countries