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Author:

McCloskey, Jim (Minister), author.

Title:

When truth is all you have : a memoir of faith, justice, and freedom for the wrongly convicted / Jim McCloskey with Philip Lerman ; foreword by John Grisham.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Judicial error--United States.
McCloskey, Jim--(Minister)
Centurion Ministries.
Church work with prisoners--United States.

Other Authors:

Lerman, Philip, author.
Grisham, John, writer of introduction.

Summary:

"By the founder of the first organization in the US committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment found him a chaplain at Trenton State Prison in 1980, where he ministered to some of the most violent offenders in the state. Among them was Jorge de los Santos, a heroin addict who'd been convicted of murder years earlier. De los Santos swore to McCloskey that he was innocent--and over time, McCloskey came to believe him. With no legal or investigative training to speak of, McCloskey threw himself into the man's case. Two years later, he successfully effected his exoneration. McCloskey found his calling. He would go on to establish Centurion Ministries, the first group in America devoted to overturning wrongful convictions. Together with a team of forensic experts, lawyers, and volunteers--through tireless investigation and an unflagging dedication to justice--Centurion has freed 63 prisoners and counting, When Truth Is All You Have is McCloskey's inspirational story as well as those of the unjustly imprisoned for whom he has advocated. Spanning the nation, it is a chronicle of faith and doubt; of triumphant success and shattering failure. It candidly exposes a life of searching and struggle, uplifted by McCloskey's certainty that he had found what he was put on earth to do. Filled with generosity, humor, and compassion, it is the account of a man who has redeemed innumerable lives--and incited a movement--with nothing more than his unshakeable belief in the truth"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0525566821
9780525566823
0385545037
9780385545037

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122799107

LCCN:

2019054453

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