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Om retssagen mod amerikaneren Ronald Keith Williamson (1953-2004), der blev uskyldig dømt for mord og måtte tilbringe 12 år på dødsgangen før en DNA-test frikender ham.

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Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty af Scott Turow (Caramellunacy)
Caramellunacy: Novelist Scott Turow writes about his struggle to come to grips with the death penalty. This non-fiction work describes the evolution of his thought process and his sometimes ambivalent reasoning while he served on the Illinois Commission that investigated the effectiveness of the punishment and proposed important reforms to make its imposition more equitable.… (mere)
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Monsteret fra Firenze af Douglas Preston (Caramellunacy)
Caramellunacy: True stories of corruption in the justice system. The Monster of Florence is about the search for a serial killer in Italy, The Innocent Man is a man falsely convicted and on death row.
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Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer af Andrea D. Lyon (TooBusyReading)
TooBusyReading: More about those who are wrongfully convicted. An eye-opener.
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Manifest Injustice: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom af Barry Siegel (TooBusyReading)
TooBusyReading: Stories of justice gone awry, more interesting than fiction.

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I didn't really enjoy this book. The author just seemed to drag the story out, especially in the beginning, with too many unnecessary details (at least for my taste). (

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thatnerd | Mar 2, 2024 |

True Crime

BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

Tragic read. It was painful to witness such injustice. There but for the grace of God go many of us. Perhaps not for capital crimes, but when there's such incompetence coupled with arrogance many bad decisions lead to corrupt prosecutions and careless defenses. (

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larrylaf | Dec 9, 2023 |

First edition as new

dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |

Interesting and maddening. If there is a hell, I hope there's a special nook for crooked law enforcement and court officers whose desire to win or simply wrap up a case causes innocent people and their families (the accused and the victims) to suffer so much.

I did watch the Netflix special based on this book a year or so ago and am glad I read the book. Much more detail here. Although I thought there was more about Ward and Fontenot in the show compared with the book. I'll have to rewatch it.

If you're a fan of true crime books or books about miscarriages of justice, this one will likely keep you involved and interested. (

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It’s true in some cosmic sense that the story of every life has value, but not to the writer of nonfiction. Writers of nonfiction narratives learn to pick their subjects with care, because some true stories are much, much more interesting than others. In this case, John Grisham could have conjured up a better story on his own.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerNew York Times, Edward Lewine (Dec 10, 2006)

When Grisham gets into what happened to Williamson and company during their prison stay, The Innocent Man finds its purpose. In describing the wretched food, poor ventilation, and abusive guards—all factors that led to Oklahoma prisons being condemned by Amnesty International—Grisham makes clear exactly what's at stake when the state sends the wrong man to jail.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerAV Club, Noel Murray (Dec 7, 2006)

Grisham is a great storyteller and a fine, no-nonsense writer. He has a well-honed attention to detail. He doesn't degenerate into cliches and he has a natural sense of dramatic structure that ensures the book has a compelling forward momentum.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerSydney Morning Herald, Elder Bruce (Nov 21, 2006)

John Grisham here crosses the line from fiction to non-fiction. And it's hard to tell the difference. His prose is still lean and fast-paced and his skilful sketches capture all you need to know about the characters. He explains courtroom procedure and precedent in a simple style that allows a layman to follow the legal labyrinth. Even the plot would fit comfortably between the covers of one of his earlier books, except this story is true.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerDaily Telegraph, Raymond Seitz (Nov 5, 2006)

Grisham is a great storyteller but an uninspired writer — he has none of Capote's weird, stark lyricism — but his spare, direct style serves him well here. He expertly dissects each judicial and constitutional outrage with cool precision.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerSeattle Times, Andrea Simakis (Oct 12, 2006)

From a nonfiction book, we expect a diagnosis as well as a story. If wrongful convictions in the United States are common — and the new tool of DNA testing indicates they haven't been rare — then why is this so, and what should we do about it? Grisham is critical of individuals like the trial judge, the prosecutor and the Ada police, about whom all that can be said is that they railroaded Williamson and Fritz but didn't frame them: They sincerely believed the two were guilty. But Grisham skimps on historical context.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerLos Angeles Times, Michael Harris (Oct 11, 2006)

Grisham has written both an American tragedy and his strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerEntertainment Weekly, Jennifer Reese (Oct 11, 2006)

Thanks to his abundant storytelling skills, the author delivers an account that is as vivid as the Grisham fictional fare sold at airport kiosks -- but it is also, alas, just as oversimplified as his novels, and it distorts the justice system in the same way.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerWall Street Journal, Joshua Marquis (Oct 10, 2006)

Compared with other works in its genre, “The Innocent Man” is less spectacular than sturdy. It is a reminder not only of how propulsively Mr. Grisham’s fiction is constructed but of how difficult it is to make messy reality behave in clear, streamlined fashion.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerNew York Times, Janet Maslin (Oct 9, 2006)

Grisham realizes that the most powerful argument against the death penalty is that it kills the innocent as well as the guilty, a case that he makes simply by telling Williamson and Fritz's story. His prose here isn't as good as it is in his novels -- he too often misuses "like" for "as," and the exclamation points he inserts as ironic asides are clumsy -- but his reasoning is sound and his passion is contagious.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerWashington Post, Jonathan Yardley (Oct 8, 2006)

In his first foray into nonfiction, novelist John Grisham (``The Firm," ``The Broker") has crafted a legal thriller every bit as suspenseful and fast-paced as his best - selling fiction.

tilføjet af stephmo | RedigerBoston Globe, Chuck Leddy (Oct 7, 2006)

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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

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The rolling hills of southeast Oklahoma stretch from Norman across to Arkansas and show little evidence of the vast deposits of crude oil that were once beneath them.

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