THE INNOCENT MAN

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Publikace: The Innocent Man - GRISHAM, J.. John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is 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 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. Publikace: The Innocent Man - GRISHAM, J.. Autor : John Grisham, This is the shocking true story of death row inmate Ronald Williamson. It is a story of failed dreams, madness, rape and murder, a botched trial, a death sentence and a twelve-year fight to win justice for a wronged man. While in prison serving a short sentence for a petty felony, a fellow prisoner alleged that he had heard Ronald Williamson confess to the unsolved rape and murder of a local bar girl. Williamson stood no chance in court and was sentenced to death. One of the greatest mistrials in American judicial history became one of the greatest single fights for justice of any convicted man. Five days before his execution, Williamson was given a stay and shortly after completely pardoned.Druh sortimentu : Kniha, The Innocent Man, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 502 The Innocent Man z kategorie Knihy | Cizojazyčná literatura | English literature od neuveden naleznete ne e-shopu KnihyDobrovsky.cz!