Grisham, Scheck, Fritz move to dismiss libel lawsuit

In court papers asking to have the lawsuit dismissed, attorneys for John Grisham called the libel case brought because of his book The Innocent Man "nothing less than an unabashed attempt to strike back at public discussion and criticism of their actions as public officials with respect to the investigation and wrongful conviction of Williamson and Fritz and to squelch Grisham’s political speech." The DA and the investigator, who helped wrongfully convict Fritz and Williamson, sued Grisham, Fritz and Innocence Project founder Barry Scheck for libel in September after each published books about the Fritz and Williamson cases.