John Grisham

I had to strip, and they gave me some other fresh clothing and stuff and stuff, and then they gave me a pair of cloth slippers for my feet, you know, and had to put the belt of the chain around me and handcuffs and locket in place.

Robert was counting down the final minutes of his life.

It was a very, very, very long day, sir, you know.

And it's a hard question, right?

Mr. Grisham, are you able to hear me?

I can hear you, yes.

Can you hear me?

Okay, perfect.

And I know what it takes to have a fair trial.

Robert's trial was grossly unfair.

That's what we're all asking, Lester.

and unresponsive.

So I picked her up, ran to the phone, called 911.

We end up at an elevator bank, and there's five DeSoto police officers jump me and arrest me right there in the hospital.

That's what we're all asking, Lester.

Had the child died in my case, I would be in the same position he's in because they sure as hell would have put me on death row for this, for sure.

Robert is a very good man.

full of grace and joy and forgiveness.

If we can't save someone like Robert, who is so clearly innocent, then truly, we're lost.

It was a decades-long story about the powerful and the privileged seemingly getting away with murder.