Innocent Man

[Winrew]

The new John Grisham book...

"The Innocent Man" is a chronicle of Ron Williamson (former minor league baseball star), his life and ordeal as he was wrongly accused of murder and sentenced to death row as a result. He was forced to suffer this horror for 11 years until finally the system began to work for him, but only through the diligence and persistence of attorneys assigned to him years later, Mark Barrett and Barry Scheck, his loving mother and persistent sisters, in particular, his sister Annette. The cruelties and disrespect by the officers and District Attorney Bill Peterson that were inflected on him were horrifying. The shabby police work and "junk science," as well as the district attorney's expert witnesses (a majority of them picked from men and women serving time for horrendous crimes themselves) and brought to the stand to testify against Ron, was not only incomprehensible in itself but the fact that the Judge allowed their testimony to stand and control a man's life sentence is abominable. Ron's hometown of Ada, Oklahoma completely turned on him and he was proven guilty without a shred of hard evidence as was his friend, a respected 7th grade Science teacher, Dennis Fritz, merely by association. The book goes on to tell Ron's sad story as only it can be told by such an esteemed author/attorney as John Grisham. I would highly recommend everyone read this true story; it is a real eye opener as to how our justice system can go astray with the wrong people serving in our trusted government positions.

One of the best he has wrote , even better that its a true story , sort of book that makes you angry with all the injustice involved...

[ONEDUNME]

frontline: burden of innocence: profiles: ron williamson | PBS


Some background info above.


I like Grisham Winrew but,as you've said, this book would just make me angry so I won't bother with it.

[Winrew]

Cheers for the link

If you click the link and go to the right hand side you can watch video of " Burden of Innocence ".

[Wittmann 44]

Happens everywhere unfortunately. Just yesterday the "right" man has gone on trial for the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl in Rochdale over 30 years ago. The police suppressed evidence at the time and knowingly (or at least havin a fair suspicion) sent an innocent man to jail for 16 years. Being a paedophile murderer can't have been an easy stint inside especially knowing you were innocent.

[Peter Orchard]

and the guy who did the time was, if memory serves, released only a few short years ago only to die soon after. A sad, sad tale.

The Lesley Molseed accused is now on trial almost a half century later to prove what?
That he killed an 11 year old, certainly.
To sentence him? Sure.
But most of all to ascertain the public that law enforcement does work. Sometimes, anyway.
Let´s hope it works for the Jones family in Liverpool and all those other kids shot senselessly on that crazy fucking island.