![]() ![]() In their own words, Jennifer and Ronald unfold the harrowing details of their tragedy, and challenge ideas about memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness. They forged an unlikely friendship that changed both of their lives. Two years later, Jennifer and Ronald met face to face. He was released after serving more than a decade in prison for a crime he never committed. After eleven years in prison, Ronald was allowed to take a DNA test that proved his innocence. Ronald insisted that she was mistaken-but Jennifer’s positive identification was the evidence that compelled a jury to put him behind bars. She was able to escape, and because she had studied his face intently during the attack, she later identified Ronald Cotton as her attacker. In 1984, Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. “The story of Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, as told in first-person voices in this gripping, well-written book, is exceptional.” Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo ![]()
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