Framed

Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

By: John Grisham, Jim McCloskey

Narrated by: Michael Beck, John Grisham, Jim McCloskey

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, “the master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, “the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.

“Each of these stories is told with astonishing power. They are packed with human drama, with acts of shocking villainy and breathtaking courage. But these are more than just gripping true stories—they are a clarion call for reforming the tragic flaws in our criminal justice system.”—David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon

John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it’s his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system.

A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse.

Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.


* This audiobook edition is accompanied by a downloadable PDF which includes A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments from the book.

Truly Innocent

Thank you to Jim McCloskey and John Grisham to bringing to light the innocent project. The long persistent fight to prove innocence. Gathering evidence overlooked and discarded documents to set the convicted free is commendable. Despicable how corrupt some in law enforcement are. Thank you again for setting some free.

Excellent - Scarry

The "Framed" presented 10 well written synopsis of men that were wrongfully convicted. It is acarry to think of such corrupt police departments and prosocuters in this day and age. I give cudos to the innocence project and all the men and women who donate their time to help get wrongfully convicted people out of jail.

Great Stories Well Written and Superb Narration

Each story is so well portrayed all true and gripping to realize innocent people being railroaded because of someone’s career obsessions. The scales of justice were wrongly tipped too often and unfortunately this is likely going on today in many jurisdictions. Highly recommended this awesome read!

Great short listens in a book

I enjoyed listening to the short stories and then picking back up with another one a few days later. Very convicting stories that will leave you questioning every small town law enforcement conviction.

Great story telling!

While the cases were so very sad and disturbing, the storylines and narrations were superb!