| This story is about Ron Williamson, a man falsely accused of murder. The story follows his life from a brush with professional baseball, to an increasing mental illness, to a false arrest, conviction and death row sentence. It concludes with his release from prison and continues until Ron's death from failed health.
The story also follows, in much less detail, others around Ron like his sister and lawyers and other inmates. The stories main focus is on how justice became injustice in a small town. It argues that there are flaws in our justice system and it describes one example of that from beginning to end. The story also details life with mental illness and also some detail about life on one death row prison in Oklahoma. | ||
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Plot & Themes job/profession: Job/profession/poverty story Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Ethnicity - White Unusual characteristics: Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Small town? Yes Misc setting - prison Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - thoughtful If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book |
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