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Getting life

an innocent man's 25-year journey from prison to peace : a memoir
2014
Michael Morton relates how he was sentenced to life for the murder of his wife and how the wrongful conviction affected his life, and describes the twenty-five year process to prove his innocence.

The confession

a novel
2012
When Travis Boyette is paroled because of inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for.

Convicted for being Mi'kmaq

the story of Donald Marshall Jr.
2013
Presents the true story of Donald Marshall Jr., a seventeen-year-old Mi'kmaq teen who was arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit.

The sixteenth round

from number 1 contender to number 45472
2011
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter describes his life, including his childhood, his career success as a middleweight boxer, and the murder conviction that sent him to prison for three consecutive life terms in 1967.

The innocent man

murder and injustice in a small town
2007
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.

Dead pawn

a novel
2004

Land where my fathers died

2002
After being released from jail, Jo Shelby Ferguson finds a cache of age-worn letters written by his great-great-great-grandmother, and as he sets out to learn more about his ancestors, he uncovers some important clues about his own identity.

The innocent man

2006
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.

Arthur & George

2006
The lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and country lawyer George Edalji intersect when Doyle becomes interested in investigating the case of Edalji who has been wrongfully convicted of writing obscene letters and mutilating cattle in a case clearly influenced by racial prejudice.

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