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Books : The Innocent ManIn association with Amazon.comby: John Grisham  Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 345.76602523 EAN: 9780440243830 ISBN: 0440243831 Label: Dell Manufacturer: Dell Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: November 20, 2007 Publisher: Dell Release Date: November 20, 2007 Studio: Dell Sales Rank: 1121 Related Items: Editorial Review: Product 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Innocent until proven guilty or guilty until proven innocent?This book started out in the town of Ada where Ron Williamson was to be the next Mickey Mantle. He played all through his young career and became good enough to become a professional baseball player. He then left his small town to make his dreams come true and soon he signed with the Oakland A's. He returned to his hometown a couple of years later because he fell into the bad habits of alcohol and drug use. He couldn't maintain a job anymore and ended up moving back home with his mother. Read More Rating:  - Innocent until proven guilty takes on new meaningI admire John Grisham for his work and depth here. It doesn't read like one of his thrillers, but it is gripping. I did find some areas a bit repetitive, but overall this is a fantastic narrative presentation of the facts, exactly how I like it in my favorite book type, true crime. I'm one of those softies who tends to really believe in innocent until proven guilty, and unlike Nancy Grace, I don't believe in circumstantial evidence for homicide cases. It'd be really interesting to get John Grisham ... Read More Rating: - Too Far Fetched for Fiction?My first "true crime" book. And wow. I am really shocked that something like this can happen...that people this obviously innocent can be committed and even placed on death row. I suppose I'm a bit naive to the system but I'd like to believe that justice is better served. If this was a fiction book, I'd have never believed this story. I think I'll definitely try some more true crime books. This wasn't the most supremely written book I've ever seen, but it was good. It ... Read More Rating: - My Good MistakeJohn Grisham writes good fiction books that I always read when travelling, fast paced interesting stories with plots twists that keep the pages turning. While some are better than others, I will pick up a book of his when I see his name on the cover. I did that with this book not realizing that it was not his non-fiction standard fare. It was a good purchase because true events make this book even more gripping. Though it is a story that is often heard both in fiction and non-fiction ... Read More Rating: - More chilling than fiction because it's trueI've admired Grisham from the beginning, but this first non'fiction book of his raises his stature even higher in my estimation because he uses his talents to portray a gross miscarriage of justice. The fact that such an event can happen to an ordinary citizen is certainly chilling enough. But the aftermath is even more chilling as we see the attitude of the authorities after the innocence of two men was basically proven. Also chilling is how the citizens of the town reacted to the acquitta. This ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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