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Framed : astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions / John Grisham, Jim McCloskey.

Grisham, John, (author.). McCloskey, Jim (Minister), (author.).

Summary:

A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty there is very little room to prove doubt. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, wives, 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 the corrupt court system that can make them so hard to reverse.

Record details

ISBN: 9780385550444
ISBN: 0385550448
Physical Description: xv, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346).
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- The Norfolk Four -- Guilty until proven innocent -- Autopsy games -- Last night out -- Unknown male #1 -- Tale of the tapes -- The absence of motive -- Through the looking-glass -- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive" -- The fire does not lie.