The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (John Grisham)
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739365673 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 149 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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It also allowed me, as it always does, to be able to speak the language with lawyers and judges.Q: Throughout your book you mention, The Dreams of Ada: A True Story of Murder, Obsession, and a Small Town. It enabled me to understand the legal issues involved in Ron's trial and his appeals. John Grisham tackles nonfiction for the first time with The Innocent Man, a true tale about murder and injustice in a small town (that reads like one of his own bestselling novels). I have no idea how the book will be received in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, or any other town.Q: What do you hope your readers will take away from The Innocent Man?A: A better understanding of how innocent people can be convicted, and a greater concern for the need to reimburse and rehabilitate innocent men after they have been released.. --Daphne Durham 20
Michael Simpson said More of a journal of events and too much detail. More of a journal of events and too much detail about sports. What I found devastating was the injustice of the legal system - just unbelievable in the way it operates, how it can be manipulated and how it doesn't protect the very citizens in the way its supposed to.I'm sure it is not peculiar to the US but I can say (from an inexperienced eye) that I have not come across this dreadful state of affairs in Europe - but I'm sure it must exist in one form or another.The book made me angry along with other emotions. Extremely well written and documented, it must have taken a 100 years of research. But I was looking for a final round up . Edward said No one can dislike a true story. Before I read the Author's note at the end this book, I have totally no idea that's a true story. Primarily it is a result of my ignorance before I brought the book, but as an ugly facts, it's also because such a story is so beyond our normal perception. Not only the life of Ron before his trial was so up and down, but more importantly the total derail of justice in one of the most advance country like USA for its area of protecting human rights.It alert me that Justice is game, it's a very fragile game with a set of rule that's so complex and bias to the state by their almost absolute power during any criminal investigation. When a. T.R. Padmanabhan said A true horror story of justice gone astray. A non-fiction by John Grisham tells the story of Ron Williamson, a budding baseball star from the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, who was framed by the Ada police for the murder of Debbie Carter. Convicted, sentenced to death and almost executed, Ron spent close to "A true horror story of justice gone astray" according to T.R. Padmanabhan. A non-fiction by John Grisham tells the story of Ron Williamson, a budding baseball star from the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, who was framed by the Ada police for the murder of Debbie Carter. Convicted, sentenced to death and almost executed, Ron spent close to 20 years on death row until he, and his co-accused, Fritz, were exonerated through DNA evidence.This is a horrific tale of wilful miscarriage of justice and the mental destruction of Ron Williamson. Grisham's deeply researched book lays bare the travesties of justice, life in death row and mental illness.Can this happen again, the sad answer is, most likely.. 0 years on death row until he, and his co-accused, Fritz, were exonerated through DNA evidence.This is a horrific tale of wilful miscarriage of justice and the mental destruction of Ron Williamson. Grisham's deeply researched book lays bare the travesties of justice, life in death row and mental illness.Can this happen again, the sad answer is, most likely.
Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa.In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.With no physical evidence, the prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. When he signed with the Oakland A’s, 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—drinking, drugs, and women. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. For reasons that were never clea