Oprah Winfrey chooses "That Bird Has My Wings" by death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters for next book club read
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Oprah Winfrey has selected "That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row" by inmate Jarvis Jay Masters as her latest pick for Oprah's Book Club. The autobiography follows Masters' journey as a hardened kid on the street whose life took a turn while serving time in prison.
"Number one: My intention is to expose the story," Winfrey told CBS News lead national correspondent David Begnaud. "Number two: My intention is to let people know that there are a lot of people on death row and a lot of people in prison for whom there has been a miscarriage of justice."
In 1981, Masters arrived at San Quentin State Prison to serve a 20-year sentence for armed robbery. As a runaway child abandoned by his parents, Masters told Begnaud that as a youth he was involved in "a bunch" of armed robberies, recalling his first arrest at the age of 12.
