Jarvis Jay Masters

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Jarvis Jay Masters (born February 24, 1962) is an American author[1] and death row inmate at California's San Quentin State Prison.[2] In 1990, Masters was convicted of fashioning a weapon that was used in the 1985 murder of a prison guard at San Quentin, and sentenced to execution by lethal injection.[3] Masters has maintained his innocence through his trial and sentencing,[4] and through the California appeals process.[5][6] In 2019, the Supreme Court of California Supreme Court upheld Masters' conviction.[7][8] Masters' case will present new evidence of innocence[3] to the United States district court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California|Northern District of California as part of a federal appeal for exoneration in October 2022.[9]

Masters is the author of That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row,[10] which was selected by Oprah Winfrey as an Oprah's Book Club 2.0|Oprah's Book Club selection in September 2022.[11] Masters is also author of Finding Freedom: How Death Row Broke & Opened My Heart,[12] as well as poems, short stories, articles, essays, and an op-ed in The Guardian newspaper.[13] Masters is the subject of the book The Buddhist on Death Row by author David Sheff,[14] the IHeartRadio|iHeart Radio two-season podcast Dear Governor,[15] and an op-ed in the The New York Times|New York Times by author Rebecca Solnit.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Jarvis Jay Masters". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. ↑ Division of Adult Operations. "Death Row Tracking System Condemned Inmate List (Secure)" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Oprah picks California death row inmate's autobiography for book club". Los Angeles Times. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  4. ↑ Seasly, John (2019-12-03). "Jarvis Jay Masters: Accuser's description of Masters matched inmate who confessed". Injustice Watch. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  5. ↑ "Death Penalty Upheld For Inmate Accused Of 1985 San Quentin Prison Guard Murder". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  6. ↑ CBS News: Oprah picks "That Bird Has My Wings" by Jarvis Jay Masters for her book club, retrieved 2022-09-15
  7. ↑ Egelko, Bob (2019-08-14). "Death penalty upheld in 1985 slaying of San Quentin guard, despite recantation". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  8. ↑ "Innocence Lost | Pacific Sun". Pacific Sun | Marin County, California. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  9. ↑ Italie, Hillel (2022-09-13). "Winfrey selects prison memoir 'That Bird Has My Wings'". Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  10. ↑ Reviews:
  11. ↑ "Oprah's New Book Club Pick Is "That Bird Has My Wings," by Jarvis Jay Masters". Oprah Daily. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  12. ↑ Reviews:
  13. ↑ "Letting prisoners use cellphones makes sense – now more than ever | Jarvis Jay Masters". the Guardian. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  14. ↑ "David Sheff Charts Jarvis Jay Masters' Buddhist Journey In Prison In New Book". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  15. ↑ "Dear Governor". iHeart. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  16. ↑ Solnit, Rebecca (2022-04-22). "Opinion | Why Did We Stop Believing That People Can Change?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-30.

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