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*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025***Ten wrongful conviction cases.Twenty-one innocent people.Framed tells ten stories with a truth more shocking than fiction.John Grisham, the master of the legal thriller, teams up with Jim McCloskey, who has dedicated his life to exonerating innocent people, to uncover stories that shine an astonishing light on miscarriages of justice. All the cases in this book are simply extraordinary. And all are true.Joe Bryan suffered the unbearable tragedy of his wife's murder, only to be tried and found guilty of the crime himself - despite being 120 miles away at the time it was committed.Clarence Brandley spent nine years on Death Row, coming to within six days of execution, before new evidence cleared him of all charges.And in the case of the Norfolk Four, police and prosecutors continued to arrest innocent people until not one but four men were behind bars.Impeccably researched and told with page-turning conviction, in Framed, these cases are finally laid bare.Most importantly, they show how truth can prevail and how freedom can be won when all seems lost.'Each of these stories is told with astonishing power. They are packed with human drama, with acts of shocking villainy and breathtaking courage. But these are more than just gripping true stories - they are a clarion call for reforming the tragic flaws in our criminal justice system' David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon (lib)

Zehn wahre Geschichten von unschuldig VerurteiltenUnschuldige, die in die Klauen der Justiz geraten und sich plötzlich in der Todeszelle wiederfinden: In seinem ersten erzählerischen Sachbuch nach dem Weltbestseller 'Der Gefangene' schildert John Grisham gemeinsam mit dem Gründer von Centurion Ministries, Jim McCloskey, zehn wahre Fälle skandalöser Verurteilungen. Perfekt recherchiert und packend geschrieben, gewähren die unglaublichen Geschichten einen erschütternden Einblick in die Fehlerhaftigkeit des amerikanischen Justizsystems. John Grisham at his best!

"In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the victims of the United States criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty there is very little room to prove doubt. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, wives, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place, and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and the corrupt court system that can make them so hard to reverse. Told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of overcoming adversity when the battle already seems lost, and the deck is stacked against you"--

LONGLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION¿Ten wrongful conviction cases¿¿Twenty-one innocent people¿¿Framed tells ten stories with a truth more shocking than fiction¿John Grisham, the master of the legal thriller, teams up with Jim McCloskey, who has dedicated his life to exonerating innocent people, to uncover stories that shine an astonishing light on miscarriages of justice. All the cases in this book are simply extraordinary. And all are true.Joe Bryan suffered the unbearable tragedy of his wife's murder, only to be tried and found guilty of the crime himself - despite being 120 miles away at the time it was committed.Clarence Brandley spent nine years on Death Row, coming to within six days of execution, before new evidence cleared him of all charges.And in the case of the Norfolk Four, police and prosecutors continued to arrest innocent people until not one but four men were behind bars.Impeccably researched and told with page-turning conviction, in Framed, these cases are finally laid bare.Most importantly, they show how truth can prevail and how freedom can be won when all seems lost.'Each of these stories is told with astonishing power. They are packed with human drama, with acts of shocking villainy and breathtaking courage. But these are more than just gripping true stories - they are a clarion call for reforming the tragic flaws in our criminal justice system' David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon (lib)