The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Grisham, John
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BOOK SUMMARY
When Ron Williamson signed with the Oakland As in 1971, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big-league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He moved in with his mother and
BOOK SYNOPSIS
When Ron Williamson signed with the Oakland A’s in 1971, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big-league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa.
In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were arrested and charged with capital murder.
The prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.
If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this audiobook will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.
BOOK REVIEWS
A gritty, harrowing, true-crime story. Time
A triumph. Seattle Times
Grisham has crafted a legal thriller every bit as suspenseful and fast-paced as his best-selling fiction. Boston Globe
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0739324195
ISBN(13-digit): 9780739324196
Dewey Decimal: 345.766/02523
Library of Congress: bl2006023617
Book Publisher: Random House
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): .345 lb
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