Wrongfully Convicted

Real stories, more shocking than any fiction! Ten impactful tales of human drama, acts of villainy and breathtaking courage.

In his first documentary book since „The Innocent“ John Grisham tells harrowing stories of flawed trials that ended in sentences of life in prison or death. This landmark work is co-authored with Jim McCloskey, founder of Centurions, the first organization to fight for the rehabilitation of innocent people who have been imprisoned for decades or even executed.

The fruit of impeccable and conscientious research, „Unjustly convicted“ offers an inside look at the trials faced by victims of the U.S. criminal justice system who have suffered grievously because of investigative errors, false testimony, and law enforcement's ambition to find and convict the perpetrator as soon as possible. And once a person is found guilty, there is almost no way to cast doubt on their conviction. In each story, Grisham and McCloskey recount the dramatic uphill battles to free and rehabilitate such people.

Based on thorough analysis and presented with the gripping suspense that only John Grisham can write, this book is also the story of the struggle to win one's freedom when the battle seems almost lost.