Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
by John Grisham
View on GoodreadsJohn Grisham and Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey's collection of ten wrongful-conviction case studies — false confessions, junk forensics, prosecutorial misconduct, eyewitness error — drawn from cases Centurion has worked on.
Core ideas
- The recurring failure modes are a small set repeatedly: coerced false confessions, discredited forensic specialties (bite-mark analysis, hair comparison, arson "science"), single-eyewitness identification, and prosecutorial misconduct in disclosure.
- The system's design makes correction much harder than wrongful conviction — once a verdict is in, the procedural posture flips against the defendant, and innocence claims face higher burdens than guilt claims initially did.
- Grisham brings the storytelling, McCloskey brings the case load — the structure pairs narrative readability with documented advocacy work that's been ongoing since 1983.
Published2024
Pages368
ISBN9780385550444
ReadJan 2025
