Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Lesa's pick. Ten true stories of wrongful convictions. Co-written with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries.

This book has several interesting cases that I found myself going down the rabbit hole with. Most of the cases were unknown to me before this book, which is always exciting. The topic of real people who were wrongly convicted is something that the True Crime literature world has yet to see...until now. Also, the authors, John Grisham, and Jim McCloskey, do a fabulous job of providing detailed evidence and making the case for innocence of the men and women highlighted in the pages of this book.
One of my letdowns was when Grisham calls someone “mentally retarded” — that is not an appropriate label for someone with a mental disability or lower IQ. The new and more appropriate label would be “intellectually disabled.” In my opinion, this piece of the book needs to be altered to reflect a more kind verbiage.
Another thing that was disappointing was that towards a the end of the book, I did feel like there was too much evidence and the book could have been a lot shorter if paragraphs were cut down.

For those looking for a case study book to view the judicial system and its failures, this book is detailed with perspectives and factual timelines (according to research) that could give very interesting arguements and debates. For someone outside the field, it was a rollercoaster of frustrated emotions and build of fear in the police/courts. The co-authors did an amazing job to share these events and their injustice to falsely accused with empathy, grit, and perseverance.