The innocent man

av John Grisham (forfatter).

2007 Heftet

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Dette er historien om Ron Williamson, baseballstjernen som i 1987 ble arrestert og tiltalt for overlagt drap. Alle fysiske bevis manglet, men Williamson ble likevel dømt til døden av en jury som ikke likte ham. I 1994, etter tolv år i dødscelle, ble han renvasket av en DNA-analyse.

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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 jaihouse 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.

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Utgivelsesår 2007

Format Heftet

ISBN13 9780099493570

EAN 9780099493570

Omtalt sted USA

Omtalt person Ron Williamson

Språk Engelsk

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