Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man

Name: Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man
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Author: John Grisham

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I notice the narrator field is `null` — this looks like a data quality issue. "Shaken" definitely has a narrator, but we don't have that info in the dataset. Would you like me to: 1. **Look up the actual narrator** so I can write a recommendation that might reference their performance (if it's strong) 2. **Write the recommendation without narrator focus**, emphasizing Grisham's investigative work and the emotional power of the true story instead 3. **Something else** — let me know what makes sense for your workflow Which approach works best for you?

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About This Book

Shaken is John Grisham's nonfiction account of Robert Roberson, a Texas father on death row for the death of his daughter — a conviction built on the now-discredited shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Grisham traces the failures at every level of the criminal justice system that produced a death sentence in a case where the medical science underlying the charge was never as settled as prosecutors claimed. The book is both a legal narrative and an indictment of the machinery that moves cases toward conviction regardless of evidence.

The narrator information is not available for this entry, but Grisham's track record with true crime — from The Innocent Man to Framed — establishes the context: methodical, clear-eyed, and written with genuine moral urgency about the gap between legal outcome and justice.