The Innocent Man, (Hardcover)

from alanna1122

Although I thought this book was too slow paced in the first half - it really picked up steam in the second half . For me - the flaws of the death penalty system have always been really obvious - but I can imagine this book might be an awakening for some people. It is a crazy story that deserved ...

from amcheri

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 bas...

from brendajanefrank

He's not Truman Capote, but, who is? Grisham did a competent and thorough job of relating the primary story of a huge travesty of justice that occurred in Oklahoma from 1982 through the 1990's. Basically, before DNA testing, law enforcement officials in Oklahoma used flimsy to nonexistent, someti...

from stephmo

For those that already have moral qualms with the death penalty, it can be easy to tear through the pages of The Innocent Man feeling moral outrage and indignation knowing that the innocent on death row are there not only because of bad circumstance but because of deliberate action on the part of...

from stephmo

For those that already have moral qualms with the death penalty, it can be easy to tear through the pages of The Innocent Man feeling moral outrage and indignation knowing that the innocent on death row are there not only because of bad circumstance but because of deliberate action on the part of...