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The Innocent Man
Author: John Grisham

Book Information

Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback

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ISBN-13: 9780385340915 - ISBN-10: 0385340915
Publication Date: 11/20/2007
Pages: 400

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Book Description:

In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron'’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death -—in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence that would shatter a man’'s already broken life- …and let a true killer go free. Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with eleventh-hour drama, John Grisham'’s first work of nonfiction reads like a page-turning legal thriller. It is a book that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence— - a book no American can afford to miss.

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Genres:

Nonfiction >> True Accounts >> Murder & Mayhem
Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
Nonfiction >> Crime & Criminals >> Penology
Nonfiction >> Government >> Legal System

Top Member Book Reviews

Jessica O. (JessieO) wrote on 1/22/2009...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

I usually read John Grisham because of his typical fast paced law dramas, but my husband had wanted to read this so I thought gave it a try when he was done. This is not your typical Grisham fiction. This was actually based on true story, but still contains the law drama.

The details and the writing are great, but the saga itself is kind drawn out. I understand that human drama can be long and trying but I was getting slightly bored in places.

One of the great things I did get was the ability to compare current law enforcement and forensics that we utilize now that are described in the first stages in this book.

Overall a good read. Not typical Grisham, but still the same great writing.

Karen J. (surfwidow) wrote on 5/8/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I've always been pro death penalty but this book has made me reconsider my values. I would've given it 5 stars but felt that Grisham inserted his opinion too much, as if he didn't trust his readers to see the injustice done to Ron Williamson and others who were actually innocent of the crimes they were accused of.

Tracy F. (tsf) wrote on 1/21/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Writing fiction is very different from documenting an actual series of events.
Grisham's fiction books are real page turners and hard to put down. This one was about actual real events and should have been a compelling read but it was just dull reading.
I tried twice to wade through it before giving it away.