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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town Hardcover - 2006
by John Grisham
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Murder and injustice in a small townJohn Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. 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. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept 20 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. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. 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 jaihouse 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 book 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.
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- Title The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- Author John Grisham
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Limited
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Doubleday Books
- Date December 5, 2006
- ISBN 9780385521109 / 0385521103
- Dewey Decimal Code 345.766
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Doubleday, 2006. Limited Numbered First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/Fine. Scarce in the signed limited edition! A handsome dark blue full leather Deluxe Limited Numbered Edition signed by the author on the limitation page and numbered 164 of 250 Limited Edition copies. In fine unread condition in a matching blue cloth slipcase.. The book was carefully removed for pictures through a slit on the spine of the shrinkwrap, so the fine slipcase has never had the original shrinkwrap removed. With blue-dotted page edges, the text block and silk bookmark have never been touched. Complete with the original glassine dustjacket. This is John Grisham's first nonfiction book, the story of Ron Williamson, how he was arrested in a small southern town, charged with a crime he did not commit and sent to death row. Written in true John Grisham style. A beautiful copy. Note that this book was also published in a trade edition with a traditional dustjacket, as is true of all of Grisham's works. However, the trade…
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