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Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption
by Rachlin, Benjamin | HC | LikeNew
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 0316311499
- Book Title
- Ghost of the Innocent Man : a True Story of Trial and Redemption
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Law, Social Science
- Topic
- Judicial Power, General, Violence in Society, Legal History, Criminal Law / Sentencing
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 21.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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One of the Best Books of 2017: National Public Radio, San Francisco Chronicle , Library Journal , Shelf Awareness "Remarkable . . . Captivating . . . Rachlin is a skilled storyteller." -- New York Times Book Review "A gripping legal-thriller mystery . . . Profoundly elevates good-cause advocacy to greater heights -- to where innocent lives are saved." -- USA Today "A crisply written page turner." --NPR A gripping account of one man's long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful reform. When the final gavel clapped in a rural southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his incarceration to the tireless efforts to prove his innocence and the identity of the true perpetrator. These were spearheaded by his relentless champion, Christine Mumma, a cofounder of North Carolina's Innocence Inquiry Commission. That commission--unprecedented at its inception in 2006--remains a model organization unlike any other in the country, and one now responsible for a growing number of exonerations. With meticulous, prismatic research and pulse-quickening prose, Benjamin Rachlin presents one man's tragedy and triumph. The jarring and unsettling truth is that the story of Willie J. Grimes, for all its outrage, dignity, and grace, is not a unique travesty. But through the harrowing and suspenseful account of one life, told from the inside, we experience the full horror of wrongful conviction on a national scale. Ghost of the Innocent Man is both rare and essential, a masterwork of empathy. The book offers a profound reckoning not only with the shortcomings of our criminal justice system but also with its possibilities for redemption.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316311499
ISBN-13
9780316311496
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234968637
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ghost of the Innocent Man : a True Story of Trial and Redemption
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Judicial Power, General, Violence in Society, Legal History, Criminal Law / Sentencing
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Law, Social Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv9468.G75r33 2017
Reviews
"An absorbing true-crime saga . . . Rachlin's debut combines a gripping legal drama with a penetrating exposé of the shoddy investigative and trial standards nationwide . . . His narrative offers a moving evocation of faith under duress." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review), "Enraging, instructive, and profoundly moving, Ghost of the Innocent Man is a gripping lesson in the terrible costs of our flawed criminal justice system and the power that individuals have to change its course. The story of how a gentle soul like Willie J. Grimes received an undeserved life sentence is heartbreaking-full of human cruelty and carelessness and worse. But in the care and exactitude of Benjamin Rachlin's telling, it is also an inspiring call for readily achievable reform. With judicious compassion, he narrates the errors, omissions, and societal forces that led to this wrongful conviction, setting it all squarely in the context of a persistent national disgrace, and reminding us of our responsibility to work toward true justice. The effect is remarkable and unforgettable."-- Eli Sanders , Pulitzer Prize winner and author of While the City Slept
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-932048
Dewey Decimal
364.15/32092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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