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False Convictions

Tim Green
Grand Central Publishing (2010)
ISBN 9780446401524

 

Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads.com (11/09)

Tim Green is a lawyer, footballer and author extraordinaire. Though I like the author, I cannot claim to be a big aficionado of all his works. I like only the lawyer Casey Jordan series of novels, especially "The Letter of the Law" and "Above the Law" and thus it is with great expectations that I picked up my copy of "False Convictions."

High profile lawyer Casey Jordan is basking in glory following her success as a lawyer. Her success and popularity has caught the attention of Freedom Project, a charity organisation dedicated to providing free legal help to persons whom they believe are wrongly convicted. Thus when Casey is called upon to take the case of a poor and indigent black man by name Dwayne Hubbard, Casey just considers it routine.  He is serving sentence for the rape-murder of a college student. But some new DNA evidence shows that Hubbard just might be innocent. And it's up to Casey to secure justice for Hubbard.

But Casey faces indifference throughout. She finds herself becoming the target of death threats and assassination attempts. Is there more than what meets the eye; or is it just that the community wants the blood of Dwayne Hubbard?

What follows is legal thriller at its best. The novel is in part an ode to Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird" and in part homage to the Innocence Project started by Green’s fellow lawyer author brethren Scott Turow and John Grisham. A good novel, a fiery and thoughtful read, this sure is goanna be a bestseller of 2010. Highly and heavily recommended.

 


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