O'Neill had signed a book contract with Penguin Press and received a large cash advance which allowed him to support himself and continue his reporting. After many pushed deadlines, the publisher sued O'Neill for the return of the money and canceled the deal. He lived very frugally, sacrificing time and leisure in his search for the truth. He also used loans from his family and took to driving for Uber to support his continuing investigation. He was once evicted from his apartment. Shortly after the book's publication, O'Neill told an interviewer that approximately three quarters of his earnings from Little, Brown went directly to Penguin. However, he credited Amazon's purchase of the film rights with affording him some financial securit

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Dissected Department of Corrections digital alarm clock (after Paul Pfeiffer) 

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