September 26th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Being a big John Grisham fan, I can’t wait to get a copy of his first non-fiction book - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. It goes onsale October 10th, 2006.
About the Book
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 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. 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 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 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.
Visit the official website at: www.jgrisham.com.
To pre-order your copy click here.
(Source: Random House, John Grisham’s Official website)
4 Responses to “Grisham’s The Innocent Man”
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Shelli said: @ 6:26 pm
September 26th, 2006
It sounds really good. I have only read one of Grisham’s books and for the life of me, I can’t remember which one it was. I might check this one out.
Dr. Blogstein said: @ 9:19 pm
September 26th, 2006
!0/10 is the same day that the new Vince Flynn comes out. I know where my money is going on that day!
kristarella said: @ 10:21 pm
September 26th, 2006
I have really liked some of his books. I lost interest when they kept coming out and seemed so similar. A Time To Kill was a great book, much better than the movie. This sounds good though. I wrote an essay on Capital Punishment about six months ago so this books sounds even more interesting.
omninaif said: @ 1:48 pm
October 24th, 2006
So . . . Have you read it yet?