Framed : astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions
Grisham, John2024
Large Print
Author John Grisham is known worldwide for his novels, but it's his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organisation dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in American criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of American legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse. Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.
Main title:
Framed : astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions / John Grisham, Jim McCloskey.
Author:
Grisham, John, authorMcCloskey, Jim (Minister), author
Edition:
First large print edition.
Imprint:
New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]©2024.
Collation:
xix, 508 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780593866825
Dewey class:
345.012
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2280922