In ​“Jingle Jangle,” author Jim Rix tells the sto­ry of his cousin, Ray Krone, who was wrong­ly con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to die in 1992 for the mur­der of a bar­tender in Phoenix. The book details efforts to exon­er­ate Krone, includ­ing the impor­tant role Rix played in inves­ti­gat­ing his cous­in’s inno­cence claim. ​“Jingle Jangle” reveals how inac­cu­rate tes­ti­mo­ny from a foren­sic sci­ence expert and pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct led to Krone’s wrong­ful con­vic­tion. It also close­ly exam­ines oth­er prob­lems that impact­ed the case, includ­ing police cor­rup­tion, faulty eye­wit­ness tes­ti­mo­ny, and jury tam­per­ing. Sister Helen Prejean notes that Rix’s book is ​“a must for read­ers of true crime and any­one won­der­ing why so many inno­cent peo­ple are con­vict­ed in America.” Journalist Bill Kurtis adds that it ​“will chill your belief in the American jus­tice sys­tem.”
(Broken Bench Press, 2007). See Books and Innocence.

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