Guest column: Justice delayed means justice continues to be denied for the Chester Trio
By John Grisham
In October 2024, I published “Framed,” a collection of 10 outrageous stories of wrongful convictions.
Jim McCloskey, my co-writer, and I decided to include one case that is not yet over, a case in which thewrongfully accused are still in prison and fighting to get out.
We chose the story, called “Unknown Male Number One,” about the corrupt convictions and imprisonment of Samuel Grasty, Derrick Chappell and Morton Johnson.
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A Call for Mandatory Appointment of Counsel
All people charged with committing a crime have a Sixth Amendment right to the appointment of counsel at trial and on direct appeal of any conviction if they
cannot afford to retain their own attorney. However, in the post conviction process — when the conviction has been upheld — no one has the constitutional right to counsel. The only rights convicted people have to counsel are those that individual states grant;
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FOX Files: No one disputes he was wrongfully convicted; but does the justice system owe him anything?
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