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Book Review of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

The Innocent Man:  Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
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Beautiful gift copy.


This story is true, but unfair. A poor man gets arrested and convicted of a murder he did not commit or have anything to do with. His only alibi witness is dead.

John Grisham tackles nonfiction for the first time with The Innocent Man, a true tale about murder and injustice in a small town. The Innocent Man chronicles the story of Ron Williamson, how he was arrested and charged with a crime he did not commit, how his case was (mis)handled and how an innocent man was sent to death row. Grisham's first work of nonfiction is shocking, disturbing, and enthralling--a must read for fiction and nonfiction fans.