{"product_id":"the-innocent-man-murder-and-injustice-in-a-small-town-9780385517232","title":"The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES - \"Both an American tragedy and [Grisham's] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham's first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1982, a twenty-one-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss \u003ci\u003eFramed, \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Grisham's first work of nonfiction since \u003ci\u003eThe Innocent Man, \u003c\/i\u003e co-authored with Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Judge's List, Sooley, \u003c\/i\u003e and his third Jake Brigance novel, \u003ci\u003eA Time for Mercy, \u003c\/i\u003e which is being developed by HBO as a limited series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John lives on a farm in central Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644472365330,"sku":"9780385517232","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ea31e54-f620-41f9-86c3-4d5b7ff4da19.jpg?v=1733111225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-innocent-man-murder-and-injustice-in-a-small-town-9780385517232","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}