The Innocent Man - John Grisham

[Marmora Man]

Like many I have read John Grisham's books, usually buying them in airports and train stations to while away time.

I recently bought his first non fiction book - The Innocent Man. It was excellent, not necessarily for the quality of the writing but for the damning story of how a small town police force and courts system ignored almost every principle of justice and investigation to send an innocent man to jail.

It was a book that made me angry - it all took place less than 20 years ago and could happen again. I visit the US often and like the people I meet and work with. This book illustrated some of the underbelly of life in small town America.

Not a masterpiece but very worth reading if you see it on a shelf.

[SteveT]

He was surely guilty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, when the police haven't a clue who to put in the frame, they use someone who is 'easy' rather like the poor guy jailed for Jill Dando's murder. I cannot recall his name but he seemed so unlikely as a murderer but a true victim in every sense.