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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
2006·528 pages
Grisham’s first nonfiction work follows a former ballplayer’s wrongful murder conviction in small-town Oklahoma and the justice system’s failures.
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Grisham’s first nonfiction work follows a former ballplayer’s wrongful murder conviction in small-town Oklahoma and the justice system’s failures.
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Murder and injustice in a small townJohn 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,...
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