The Innocent man / John Grisham

"The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" is John Grisham's first non-fiction work, published in 2006. The book delves into the true story of Ron Williamson, a former minor league baseball player from Ada, Oklahoma, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent over a decade on death row before DNA evidence led to his exoneration. Grisham meticulously examines the flaws in the criminal justice system, including inadequate legal representation, prosecutorial misconduct, and the unreliability of certain forensic methods, highlighting how these factors can culminate in tragic miscarriages of justice.