Buried Alive - The Fight After Conviction

In Buried Alive: The Fight After Conviction, visionary legal strategist and reform advocate Malachai DeBruce exposes the brutal truth about what happens after the gavel falls. This groundbreaking book shatters the illusion that justice ends at sentencing, revealing a hidden world of procedural traps, silenced defendants, and systemic failures that keep countless men and women imprisoned long after the evidence—and the law—say otherwise.

Drawing from firsthand experience and years of work inside the post-conviction arena, DeBruce reveals how the system weaponizes bureaucracy to bury the truth and how ordinary people can fight back through knowledge, precision, and unrelenting will. Through gripping real-world stories, step-by-step strategies, and powerful legal insights, Buried Alive serves as both a survival manual and a manifesto for those seeking to reclaim their freedom.

Whether you are a loved one fighting for someone behind bars, a paralegal, a legal advocate, or simply a believer in justice, this book delivers clarity, courage, and concrete tools to navigate the darkness of wrongful convictions and post-conviction chaos.

Inside you’ll discover:

• The hidden mechanics of appeals, habeas corpus, and ineffective assistance claims
• How to identify and challenge procedural errors and constitutional violations
• Strategies to expose prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias, and falsified testimony
• A roadmap to rebuilding faith and focus when the system tries to break you
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Raw, unfiltered, and fiercely intelligent, Buried Alive is not just a book—it’s a lifeline for the silenced and the system-weary.

About the Author:

Malachai DeBruce is an ABA-certified paralegal, legal reform advocate, and founder of Criminal Offenders Legal and H.E.L.P. Solutions Systems, Inc. Featured on CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX, and recognized by Forbes as one of the 2025 Entrepreneurs of Impact, DeBruce has dedicated his life to helping families and defendants fight back with strategy, truth, and the power of written law.