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I am finishing up a book by John Grisham called “The Innocent Man.” I saw it on sale at Costco and thought it would be another great legal thriller like his other books. However, I discovered that unusually for John, this book is not fiction. It is actually the telling of a true story about Ron Williamson, a baseball hero from Ada, Oklahoma who was falsely accused, arrested, tried and put in prison on death row, for a murder and rape he never committed.

In the end he is set free through an incredible chain of events, but left mentally unstable and a physical wreck. It is a chilling, riveting story that you find hard to believe could happen in the USA. But, sadly it did. The murder/rape has never been solved. Recommended reading!

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