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Plot Summary of The Innocent Man
"Two men, Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, are wrongfully accused of murder and rape. Why is unclear, but for five years they are the main suspects. One person, Glen Gore, that was actually seen with the murdered girl slips through the cracks and for a period of time is not even thought about until a new doctor submits new medical evidence and DNA is taken from him that puts him as the scene with the girl Debra Carter. The only problem is proving the murder.
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - finding out whether someone is really guilty

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Monster of some sort? Yes

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
City? Yes
Small town? Yes
Misc setting - prison

Style
Person - mostly 1st
How many deaths? - 1
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - rape (yeech!)
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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