The unputdownable true story of a man sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit by the master of the legal thriller! ' Chilling Because It's True'
- The Times John Grisham's first work of non-fiction 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 & left to pursue his dreams of big league glory Six years later he was back his dreams broken by a bad arm & bad habits
- drinking drugs & women He began to show signs of mental illness Unable to keep a job he moved in with his mother & slept 20 hours a day on her sofa In 1982 a 21 year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped & murdered & for five years the police could not solve the crime For reasons that were never clear they suspected Ron Williamson & his friend Dennis Fritz The two were finally arrested in 1987 & charged with capital murder With no physical evidence the prosecution's case was built on junk science & the testimony of jaihouse snitches & convicts Dennis Fritz was found guilty & 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