The Innocent Man
The Innocent Man
Ashley Alexander
February 25, 2013
Sociology
The book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town was one of the best books that I have read in a very long time. The author John Grisham keeps you on your toes and is always making you wonder what is going to happen next. He takes you on a journey through a murder trail and really makes you think about the decisions of the criminal justices system, prosecution team, and also the forensic experts. He shows us how people can be convicted of crimes that they did not even commit. The story all starts in a small hometown in Ada, Oklahoma, in 1982.
Grisham starts out telling the story of Ron Williamson. Williamson was a man who had a reputation of having a bad problem with drinking, drugs, and also known for having a mental illness. Those problems really controlled his life. They ruined his marriage and also the capability of holding a good job. It all started when a woman by the name of Debbie Carter was found raped and murdered in his hometown. The police found Williamson a possible suspect because of his reputation. What did not make since was that no one had mentioned Williamson when investigators asked whom she was last seen with at the club, which was the last place she was seen alive in public.
The investigators did not mention a prime suspect that was seen coming out of the club with her. He was spotted being pushed away from her when she was leaving. That mans name is Glen Gore. Gore was put in prison for another crime so you could tell that something was wrong with him. But still Williamson was still the prime suspect in the criminal justice’s eyes. A main reason was because of the dream confessions that he told people about when he was in jail. He was dreaming about Debbie’s murder and said he thought that he did something very wrong.
Grisham described how the investigators thought that there were two murders and the first person they turned to after Williamson was his
Ashley Alexander
February 25, 2013
Sociology
The book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town was one of the best books that I have read in a very long time. The author John Grisham keeps you on your toes and is always making you wonder what is going to happen next. He takes you on a journey through a murder trail and really makes you think about the decisions of the criminal justices system, prosecution team, and also the forensic experts. He shows us how people can be convicted of crimes that they did not even commit. The story all starts in a small hometown in Ada, Oklahoma, in 1982.
Grisham starts out telling the story of Ron Williamson. Williamson was a man who had a reputation of having a bad problem with drinking, drugs, and also known for having a mental illness. Those problems really controlled his life. They ruined his marriage and also the capability of holding a good job. It all started when a woman by the name of Debbie Carter was found raped and murdered in his hometown. The police found Williamson a possible suspect because of his reputation. What did not make since was that no one had mentioned Williamson when investigators asked whom she was last seen with at the club, which was the last place she was seen alive in public.
The investigators did not mention a prime suspect that was seen coming out of the club with her. He was spotted being pushed away from her when she was leaving. That mans name is Glen Gore. Gore was put in prison for another crime so you could tell that something was wrong with him. But still Williamson was still the prime suspect in the criminal justice’s eyes. A main reason was because of the dream confessions that he told people about when he was in jail. He was dreaming about Debbie’s murder and said he thought that he did something very wrong.
Grisham described how the investigators thought that there were two murders and the first person they turned to after Williamson was his