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How long does it take to read Framed?

Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

John Grisham, Jim McCloskey

Framed by John Grisham, Jim McCloskey takes about 6 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2024. 357 pages, about 98,175 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it’s his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham or Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse. Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you.

Subjects: Judicial error -- United States, Criminal justice, Administration -- United States

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