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38 of Your Favorite Page-Turning Reads About Proving Innocence

This Riot Recommendation for page-turning reads about proving innocence is sponsored by Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea. Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea coverBestselling author Charlie Donlea explores the dark side of crime docudramas like “Making a Murderer” and “The Jinx” as a TV producer strives to clear a woman convicted of murdering her boyfriend.
False convictions are an incredibly frustrating flaw in our justice system. But they do make for compelling reading in fiction. And cathartic reading, too, when the innocent person is ultimately vindicated. So we asked you to comment with your picks for those page-turning reads about proving innocence. Here’s a sampling of your responses in fiction and nonfiction: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Fever in the Dark by Ellen Hart Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell The Central Park Five by Sarah Burns Triptych by Karin Slaughter Burial Rites by Hannah Kent A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain The Verdict by Nick Stone Tulia by Nate Blakeslee Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redeption by Stephen King House Rules by Jodi Picoult Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Hush-Hush by Laura Lippman Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose An Expendable Man by Margaret Edds Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint Blind Injustice by Mark Godsey Exit to Freedom by Calvin Johnson The Crucible by Arthur Miller I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino Getting Life by Michael Morton Bloodsworth by Tim Junkin Lie to Me by J. T. Ellison Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James Convicting the Innocent by Brandon Garrett False Justice by Nancy and Jim Petro Caught by Harlan Coben Robicheaux by James Lee Burke