Their book, a New York Times bestseller, details the experiences of Cannino, who was raped as a college student, and Cotton, who Cannino selected in a line-up as her attacker. Cotton served 11 years in prison for the attack before DNA proved that he was not the perpetrator. Two years after Cotton was released from prison, he and Cannino met and have since developed a very special friendship.
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno says about Picking Cotton: "Few people have done more to put a human face on issues involving wrongful convictions than Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. Yet through their shared pain, they have been able to forge a friendship that most of us search our lives for."
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