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“In Ake v. Oklahoma, the Court said: “When a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense…. Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.”
― John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

“They were dumbfounded. The man was thoroughly incapable of admitting a mistake or grasping the reality of the situation.”
― John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

“In a famous 1963 decision, Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.”
― John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

“About a month later, Riggins changed his mind. In an interview with the police, he said he was incorrect about Ron Williamson, that in fact the man he heard doing the confessing was Glen Gore.”
― John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town