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John Grisham’s Wake-Up Call to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

As you dive in to real-life accounts of wrongful convictions in a variety of criminal cases, you'll be on the edge of your seat.
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John Grisham’s Wake-Up Call to Prevent Wrongful Convictions
"Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions" by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey.
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The author and former lawyer John Grisham has an impressive legal background, one that lends credibility to his over three dozen crime and courtroom novels. In his first nonfiction work, “The Innocent Man” released in 2012, Grisham shone a light on the true story of Ron Williams who was sentenced to death after a flimsy investigation that included tainted evidence and lying witnesses.

This experience led Grisham to meet Jim McCloskey, whose organization Centurion Ministries works to right wrongful convictions. Founded in 1983, it was the first organization in the world devoted to freeing the innocent.

MJ Hanley-Goff
MJ Hanley-Goff
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MJ Hanley-Goff has written for Long Island’s daily paper, Newsday, the Times Herald-Record, Orange Magazine, and Hudson Valley magazine. She did a stint as editor for the Hudson Valley Parent magazine, and contributed stories to AAA’s Car & Travel, and Tri-County Woman. After completing a novel and a self-help book, she now offers writing workshops and book coaching to first time authors, and essay coaching to high school students.