The tragic story of Ron Williamson—a young man convicted of murder he did not commit. How did the innocent end up in the death row cell? Why was the trial conducted with the most blatant violations? That infamous presumption of innocence—is it really only a myth and beautiful words? Can you outplay the indifferent machine of justice if, in the chain of evidence submitted by the defense, not every link is reliable, and the prosecution is ready for anything, even falsification, just to send the accused to death row? These questions are answered in his astonishing book by John Grisham.