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008			130226u 000 1 eng
020			_a9781408429594
035			_a(Nz-Kotui)1576852
035			_a(OCoLC)828585056
035			_a(Nz)14753202
040			_aKotui _cWMTP
100	1		_92123 _aGrisham, John, _d1955- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe innocent man /
260			_aCentury: _bLondon _c2006
300			_a360p.
520			_aJohn Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, in 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.
650		0	_aJudicial error _zUnited States.
650		4	_aWrongful conviction _xUnited States.
650		0	_aMentally ill _xUnited States _vBiography.
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