While still just a law student, Brittany K. Barnett met Sharanda Jones, a single mother, business owner and a woman serving a life sentence without parole for a first time drug offense. This hour, Brittany K. Barnett, author of&nbsp;A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom&nbsp;joins us to discuss her fight for Sharanda&rsquo;s freedom and our country&rsquo;s continued struggle with a racially challenged criminal justice system. Coming up, we talk about the War on Drugs and the policies that resulted in the disproportionate mass incarceration of people of color. GUEST: <ul> <li>Brittany K. Barnett -&nbsp;author of&nbsp;A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/MsBKB">@MsBKB</a>)</li> </ul><a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.