A Promise of Justice: The Eighteen-Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men

by David Protess, Rob Warden

The dramatic true story of how a journalist, a professor, and three students solved a murder and helped free four wrongly convicted men after 18 years in prison.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Channelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lived in Chicago for a few years and had heard about the story of the Ford Heights Four and was always very interested. I found myself enthralled by this book. Even though I knew the ending, that the four men would be exonerated, it was exciting and frustrating to read the details of how long the process really takes for "justice."

It is unbelievable how many people were involved to help these men and it really all started with one person who just really gave a damn. This book really confirmed my impression that the justice system really does not work. The corruption of Chicago, exposed in this book, is enough to make you sick about it, and wonder how many more people have died or are going to die from similar situations of the Ford Heights Four.

The authors did a wonderful job of taking you through the ridiculous, unjust step-by-step, overly technical procedures of our appellate system and freeing the wrongfully convicted.

[Karen Wolfe · Rating 4 out of 5]

An extraordinary ugly sad lesson to our country
This should be required reading in school

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

The true story of how a few journalism students -- aided by professors and private detectives -- helped free four men from prison and find the four actual criminals. Regardless of how you feel about the death penalty, you will come away with from this book deeply questioning the system that administrates it.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Abigail · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that will make you re-think the death penalty.