An Interview with Ronald Cotton, Co-Author of "Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption"
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I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview Jennifer Thompson Cannino and Ronald Cotton about the book they wrote together about their shared experience.
In 1984, Jennifer Thompson Cannino was raped in her home. She picked Ronald Cotton out of a photo lineup, and later...
