The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town Audiobook

" For a true story turned into a msg, it's pretty good "

" I've always been a Grisham fan but I was disappointed in this book. "

" Excellent story on how 2 innocent men were sent to prison; one received death penalty and the other a life sentence all because the cops in a small Oklahoma town fabricated proof of the crime. John Grisham should write more nonfiction books. "

" Kind of creepy. Goes into a lot of detail about an actual murder. Learned a lot about criminal investigation. "

" Interesting case. Unimpressive but adequate prose. "

" This book took me by surprize. Whie reading it I found it very clinical. I felt like Ray's mental health issues got so prolonged and the redundant. Grisham is usually a very direct yet excellent story-teller who protrays the storyline with efficeny and enough foreshadowing to keep you turning each and every page. In this book the storyline was very drawn out and often repetitive. I became anxious and tired reading it. But when I got to the end and read the editor's note about how this was a true story and how some of the people who perpetuated these injustises towards Ray and others I was appalled and realized why the book's storyline rambled on like it did. "

" What a disappointment! I've really enjoyed the mre recent Grisham books, but this was a monotone narrative. I haven't quit a book before it was finished in years, but I just couldn't bear this one anymore. "

" It was good, but slow at parts. It found it interesting that John Grisham did a non fiction book. Shocking story, non the less. "

" not bad but very slow...but still good to read. "

" Typical Grisham, except this time it is a true story. Riveting. Don't trust the po po. "

" I have always enjoyed Grisham's books but I was looking forward to a non-fiction not a letter to the editor. To many of his opinions and jabs as opposed to telling the story that really happened. "

" Amazing story about a man and his quest to clear his name. Makes you rethink the morality of the death penalty. "

" Very different, not my favorite "

" Scary how the 'justice system' works (or doesn't) sometimes. An arrogant DA, shoddy police work, and innocent men going to death row. Makes you wonder just how often this happens. "

" John Grisham did an excellent job of bringing all of these real people together in this gripping true story of our justice system, and how innocent men are imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. I often wonder how many innocent men have NOT made it off of Death Row. In my mind, one is too many. "

" I appreciated this first attempt by John Grisham at non-fiction. I especially like that the plot was one close to my heart: dispensation (or non-dispensation) of justice, crime, evidence. "

" Who said that law equals justice??? "

" Great book and one that makes want to Wikipedia all you've read. True story of a baseball player who runs afoul of the law and faces death row and an uncompromising legal system. "

" Great story as only Grisham now! Entertaining story. "

" I cannot believe this story actually took place in American. Surely makes one wonder who they can trust. I will forever be haunted by this incredible story, sad as it is. Well told, Mr. Grisham. "

" It is unbelievable that this could happen to anyone. This book proves our legal systems has flaws. "

" Makes you wonder how many have fallen victim to the judicial system, because of someones' lies!!! "

" Another John Grisham -- this one is a true story. Same subject as the last Grisham I read which was a novel. So still just as disturbing only more so for being a true story. "

" This was a page turner. A non-fictional account by John Grisham. "

" Very interesting read. A true story that reads like a non-fiction. My heart goes out to Ron who was jailed for 11 years for a murder he did not commit. So much for all the flaws and bad police work that robbed years out of the innocents' lives. "

" very good book based a great deal on facts...thats what got me reading johm grisham books... "

" A bit on the boring side... "

" Listening to the book as we drove home from DC. It's a very good listen ... "

" It was a hard book to get into because of all the detail and "law talk". I did how ever find myself captivated by the story and fascinated that this kind of injustice takes place in our country. "

" John Grisham's first non-fiction work. He told it like the lawyer he was. Causes one to really contemplate the death sentence and wonder how many are still in prison and are innocent. "

" A good story, but it could have been told in half the number of pages. "

" The scariest stories are the true ones. "

" This was a page turner. A non-fictional account by John Grisham. "

" I can not believe how idiotic the justice system was to this poor man! "

" A terrible indictment of justice and the death penalty in America -- Grisham adds his research to that of Robert Mayer's terrific reporting on the case in The Dreams of Ada. "

" This nonfiction work of Grisham's reads just like his novels. Without the author's note, I might not have even realized that this story of investigative ineptitude was real. "

" This is a very good book that i started over my school break and am currently on around page 300. I hear this is a series of books and hope to read the others. "

" It's an intriguing true story. It really makes you think of the flaws of our justice system and our attitudes towards those arrested and on trial. I will definitely be more careful of what I think of the defendant the next time I get jury duty. "