John Grisham On The Moment He Changed His Mind On The Death Penalty

The View: Behind the Table

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4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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“The Pelican Brief,” “The Firm” and “The Rainmaker” author John Grisham joins co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin and executive producer Brian Teta to discuss where he finds inspiration for his more than 50 bestselling books and why he writes the last sentence of his stories first. Plus, he talks his new book “Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,” and his personal journey of changing his mind about the death penalty. Have a question or want advice from Brian or a co-host? Call or text us at (917) 960-3037 or leave us a message here: https://woobox.com/kaoojs. Messages may be used on a future podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Tetta, executive producer of The View.
0:04.0	It's Tuesday and I'm here with Alyssa Farra Griffin and special guest, best-selling author, John Grisham.
0:11.0	This is behind the table.
0:15.0	All right, this is very exciting.
0:18.8	I am here with one of my favorite co-host,
0:21.6	Alyssa Farra Griffin, and my absolute favorite author, John Grisham.
0:24.8	Thank you so much for being here with us.
0:26.1	A pleasure to be here.
0:27.0	This is really exciting.
0:28.0	So you're on the view today discussing your new book, Framed,
0:31.0	Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions. Very exciting. Every time you're on. book framed, astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions.
0:34.0	Very exciting.
0:34.4	Every time you're on the show, I'm always one book behind
0:36.4	because I save your books for when I travel,
0:38.8	and it's my favorite thing to do.
0:40.1	So I'm going to catch up here.
0:41.3	We'll catch up and go back and buy the others.
0:42.8	Absolutely.
0:43.8	I buy them all.
0:44.8	We read the others, okay?
0:45.8	I believe I've actually read every book you've written and most of them more than one or twice.
0:49.8	I've reread several.
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