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The Innocent Man

Name: The Innocent Man
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Book Synopsis: __________________***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham.

In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for California to pursue his dreams of 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, Debra Sue Carter, was raped and murdered, and for five years the crime went unsolved. Finally, desperate for someone to blame, police came to suspect Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with 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.

But as Grisham methodically lays out, there was no case against him. Ron Williamson was wrongly condemned to die. 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.

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In 2018, THE INNOCENT MAN was adapted by Netflix into a gripping six-part true crime series.

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Step into the suspenseful world of true crime with The Innocent Man Book. Written by internationally bestselling thriller author John Grisham, this gripping tale takes you on a rollercoaster ride of a shocking miscarriage of justice. Immerse yourself in the story of Ron Williamson, a promising baseball player whose dreams of glory turned into a nightmare of false accusations and a wrongful conviction.

From the moment Ron Williamson left his small hometown to pursue his dreams in California, his life took a dark turn. Broken dreams, bad habits, and mental illness consumed him, leading him down a path he never imagined. When a young woman was raped and murdered, Ron and his friend Dennis Fritz found themselves in the crosshairs of a flawed and unjust criminal justice system.

This thought-provoking book is a true eye-opener. With no concrete evidence, Ron Williamson was condemned to Death Row based on flawed science and unreliable testimony. If you believe in the principles of justice, this book will shock, disturb, and infuriate you all at once. It will challenge your beliefs about the fairness of our criminal justice system and make you question the death penalty.

Don't miss the opportunity to dive deeper into this compelling story. Experience the emotions firsthand as the pages come alive before your eyes. In 2018, Netflix transformed The Innocent Man into a gripping six-part true crime series, highlighting the gravity of this case and the urgent need for justice.

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