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MYS GRI
Publication Date
2007
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Books
ISBN
9780440243830
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PLA GRI
Summary:
Follows the trial, conviction, and death sentence of former Oakland A's player Ron Williamson.
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Electronic Resources
ISBN
9780739374979 9781598953817
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345.766 GRI
Publication Date
2006
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Books
ISBN
9780385517232
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CD/BK GRI
Publication Date
2006
Summary:
The story of Ron Williamson's prosecution for rape and murder and how some people think that he was unjustly tried. He was ultimately sent to death row and Grisham warns: If you believe that in America you are innocent until prove guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the deal penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.
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Audio disc
ISBN
9780739324196 9780739365670
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Call Number:
345.766 GRI
Publication Date
2006
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Audio disc
ISBN
9781415933077
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CD 345.766 GRISHAM
Publication Date
2006
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Audio disc
ISBN
9780739340486
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LP F GRI
Publication Date
2006
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Books
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Large Print
ISBN
9780739473993
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Added Author
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CD 364.153 GRI
Publication Date
2006
Summary:
When Ron Williamson signed with the Oakland A's in 1971, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big-league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa. In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were arrested and charged with capital murder. The prosecution's case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.
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Audio disc
ISBN
9780739340486
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Call Number:
364.152 GRI
Publication Date
2018
Summary:
In 1982, Debra Sue Carter, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada, Oklahoma, was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that weren't clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.
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Books
ISBN
9780345532015
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Call Number:
345.766 GRI
Publication Date
2006
Summary:
John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits-- drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa. In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder. With no physical evidence, the prosecution's case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row. If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.
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Books
ISBN
9780385517232
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Call Number:
LT 345.766 GRI 1325 C.2
Publication Date
2006
Summary:
Includes material on Dennis Fritz, Tommy Ward, and Karl Fontenot.
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Books
Reproduction Note:
Large Print
ISBN
9780739326732
Author
Call Number:
345.766 GRI
Publication Date
2007
Summary:
Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.
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Books
ISBN
9780385340915
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