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Last login: 11 days agoB-J-T-J: Barbara is a woman from New York, New York, USA.; Likes 280 pages, 7 videos • 29 fans • Received 11 reviews; Member since Mar 07, 2007

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News: Publisher welcomes libel suit | - OCRegister.com: Oct 4, 2007 6:54am 1 review crime, politics, books, news, celebrity
http://www.ocregister.com/column/fritz-grisham-riordan-1877773-book-says?refe...; Nice to see other writers taking heat

MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK - Author John Grisham targeted in libel case f…: Oct 3, 2007 6:42pm 1 review books, lawsuit, true-crime, grisham, books-politics
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_272011806.html; An Oklahoma prosecutor and a 37-year career law enforcement officer claim their reputations were ruined by three books published nearly a year ago that profile two Ada homicide cases. Those authors, their book publishers and others were the target of a civil conspiracy lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Oklahoma. The lawsuit alleges defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress and seeks damages of more than $75,000. John Grisham's book "The Innocent Man," his first nonfiction work, explores the investigation of the 1982 murder of Debbie Sue Carter, a waitress at an Ada restaurant. The book also documents the subsequent prosecution and conviction of Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson in connection with Carter's death. Both men were convicted in 1988. Williamson, who was sentenced to death, and Fritz, who was handed a life sentence, were exonerated 11 years later through DNA evidence

CBC.ca Arts - John Grisham hit with libel lawsuit over non-fiction murder accoun…: Oct 3, 2007 6:29pm 1 review crime, literature, book, legal, true-stories
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/09/29/grisham-lawsuit.html; Writer John Grisham, known for his fictional murder mystery stories, has been named in a libel suit over a non-fiction book he wrote about a 1982 murder. The lawsuit, filed in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday, seeks more than $75,000 as well as a jury trial. Author John Grisham, seen in this 2006 photo, is named in a libel lawsuit filed over a non-fiction book he wrote about the 1982 murder of an Oklahoma cocktail waitress. District Attorney Bill Peterson and Gary Rogers, a former agent for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, have named Grisham and Dennis Fritz author of Journey Toward Justice, Fritz is the other innocent man in Grisham's book, The Innocent Man, and others.

John Grisham named in libel lawsuit - BOOKS - MSNBC.com: Oct 3, 2007 6:14pm 1 review celebrities, law, books, justice, lawsuit
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21037670/; Novelist John Grisham has been named in a libel lawsuit filed over a nonfiction best seller he wrote about the 1982 murder of a cocktail waitress. The lawsuit, filed Friday morning in U.S. District Court, also names several other defendants, seeks relief of more than $75,000 and demands a jury trial. The plaintiffs are Pontotoc County District Attorney Bill Peterson and Gary Rogers, a former agent for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The two men originally convicted of Debbie Sue Carter's murder in Ada, Okla., Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, were later exonerated by DNA evidence and freed after 12 years in prison. Their experiences are chronicled in two books, Grisham's "The Innocent Man," and Fritz's "Journey Toward

injusticebustersblog: Sep 16, 2007 8:53am 1 review activism, injustice, foster-homes
http://injusticebusters.blogspot.com/; This is the interactive arm of injusticebusters.com The truth about overleading Foster Homes

The Floyd Caldwell Story: Sep 16, 2007 8:31am 7 reviews liberties, justice, wrongful-convictions, injustice
http://www.injusticeline.com/FloydCal.html; Man Doesn't Match Description, Convicted Anyway Both Witnesses Pick Other Man In Lineups, Pick Caldwell In Court Tried by judge without jury, he learns his judge is long time associate of only witnesses

News Archive: Sep 16, 2007 8:15am 1 review books, macdonald-case
http://www.themacdonaldcase.org/News_Archives.html; The archives contain a variety of articles related to the MacDonald Case for your reference.For many years, Joe McGinniss's best-selling novel Fatal Vision was viewed as the definitive book on the MacDonald case. The book, and the ensuing mini-series based on it, were accepted as fact, since McGinniss had direct access to, and cooperation from, his subject. His portrayal of MacDonald as a cold, narcissistic killer has been indelibly imprinted in the public's collective psyche over the years; the residual effects have tainted every court proceeding since trial.

Women Gain When Men Wrongly Accused of Rape Are Freed: Jul 5, 2007 5:13pm 1 review activism, innocence-project, wrongly-accused, rape-survivors, falsely-accused
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2839/context/archive; The Innocence Project often opens the prison gates for men falsely accused of sex assault. Its staff is often asked whether its work serves the interests of rape survivors and women generally. Commentator Maddy deLone says the answers are yes and yes.

Midwest Innocence Project: Jul 5, 2007 5:01pm 1 review activism, news, death-penalty, innocence-project, wrongful-conviction
http://www.innocenceprojectmidwest.org/Midwest%20Innocence%20Project%20--%20m...; The Midwestern Innocence Project was created in 2000 to free innocents in the Midwest like Ellen Reasonover and Dennis Fritz. To achieve this goal, we are: creating awareness among appropriate inmates, their families and local bar associations; screening requests using questionnaires and reviews of court files; investigating cases which appear to involve wrongful convictions; and litigating and/or seeking clemency on behalf of inmates determined to be innocent