Adams V. Texas Hardcover – January 1, 1991 by Randall Adams (Author), William Hoffer (Author), Marilyn Mona Hoffer (Author)
 
Profiles Randall Adams, who was wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of a Dallas policeman and who spent twelve years imprisoned under the threat of execution before being exonerated
 
From Publishers Weekly
In 1976 Ohioan Randall Adams, 28, who had gone to Dallas to seek work, was arrested for the murder of a police officer actually slain by 16-year-old David Harris, with whom Adams had spent part of the day. The prosecutor, Douglas Mulder, suppressed or distorted evidence and bribed witnesses; presiding over the trial was "hanging judge" Donald J. Metcalfe. Adams was convicted and sentenced to death. After 12 years in jail--described by Adams and the Hoffers ( Midnight Express ) as a barbarous experience--the prisoner was ultimately exonerated and freed, even though many Dallas judicial officials refused to accept his innocence. Adams's account of his ordeal is a scathing indictment of Texas justice. Unfortunately, however, this exceedingly depressing book lacks the dramatic pulse of Errol Morris's film about the case, The Thin Blue Line.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
 
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