The Innocent Man
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The Innocent Man is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a man wrongfully convicted of murder and the efforts to prove his innocence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Innocent Man canonical | 2 |
| The Innocent Man (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211154 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Innocent Man Context triple: [The Broker, followedBy, The Innocent Man]
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A.
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man is a 1983 pop-rock album by Billy Joel that nostalgically pays tribute to the music styles of the late 1950s and early 1960s and includes hits like "Uptown Girl" and "The Longest Time."
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B.
The Last Innocent Man
The Last Innocent Man is a 1987 legal thriller film, based on a Phillip M. Margolin novel, about a defense attorney whose affair with a client entangles him in a complex murder case.
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C.
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's murder mystery novel, centered on the investigation that follows a shocking revelation about a long-ago family killing.
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D.
Devil's Knot
"Devil's Knot" is a 2013 crime drama film that dramatizes the true story of the West Memphis Three, a controversial murder case involving three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas.
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E.
The Exonerated
The Exonerated is a play (later adapted for film and television) that dramatizes the true stories of wrongfully convicted death row inmates who were later exonerated.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Innocent Man Target entity description: The Innocent Man is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a man wrongfully convicted of murder and the efforts to prove his innocence.
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A.
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man is a 1983 pop-rock album by Billy Joel that nostalgically pays tribute to the music styles of the late 1950s and early 1960s and includes hits like "Uptown Girl" and "The Longest Time."
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B.
The Last Innocent Man
The Last Innocent Man is a 1987 legal thriller film, based on a Phillip M. Margolin novel, about a defense attorney whose affair with a client entangles him in a complex murder case.
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C.
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's murder mystery novel, centered on the investigation that follows a shocking revelation about a long-ago family killing.
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D.
Devil's Knot
"Devil's Knot" is a 2013 crime drama film that dramatizes the true story of the West Memphis Three, a controversial murder case involving three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas.
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E.
The Exonerated
The Exonerated is a play (later adapted for film and television) that dramatizes the true stories of wrongfully convicted death row inmates who were later exonerated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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true crime book ⓘ |
| adaptationPlatform | Netflix ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | documentary television series ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Innocent Man (TV series)
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linked to:
The Innocent Man
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| author | John Grisham ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Debbie Carter murder case
ⓘ
Dennis Fritz ⓘ Ron Williamson ⓘ real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| criticalReception | bestseller in the United States ⓘ |
| explores |
false confessions
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flawed forensic evidence ⓘ ineffective assistance of counsel ⓘ prosecutorial misconduct ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
exoneration through DNA evidence
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role of the Innocence Project ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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true crime ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover first edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780385517232 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HV9468.W55 G75 2006 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dennis Fritz
ⓘ
Ron Williamson ⓘ |
| marketedAs | true story of a wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableAs | John Grisham's first non-fiction book ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 70267115 ⓘ |
| pages | 368 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2006-10-10 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setIn | Ada, Oklahoma ⓘ |
| subject |
criminal justice system
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death row ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
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linked to: The Innocent Man