rockymtngal 's review for:

The Innocent Man by John Grisham
5.0

WOW!! What a disturbing book. If it wasn't true, it would be a good story but the fact that it is true is so disturbing. These men were railroaded from the start. No evidence to speak of and cops that were determined that they were guilty somehow sent these men to prison and one to death row. the fact that he was mentally ill was never even mentioned in his first trial. This shows how screwed up our justice system is and this was not a case of a poor black man getting the short end of the stick as we all know happens so often in our country but this was a small town hero. He was a well liked white athlete that had his life ruined and basically thrown away due to this injustice. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. That scares the hell out of me.