Title: Ghost of the innocent man
Description: "When the final gavel clapped in a rural southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his incarceration to the tireless efforts to prove his innocence and the identity of the true perpetrator. These were spearheaded by his relentless champion, Christine Mumma, a cofounder of North Carolina's Innocence Inquiry Commission. That commission-unprecedented at its inception in 2006-remains a model organization unlike any other in the country, and one now responsible for a growing number of exonerations."--
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice, Trials, litigation, Judicial error, Prisoners, False imprisonment, Case studies, Trials (Rape), Rape, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, administration of, Law, north carolina, New York Times reviewed, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, TRUE CRIME
Places: North Carolina, Hickory
People: Willie J. Grimes