Publisher's Synopsis
UPDATE: The author, Charles Jason Lively, has been exonerated since this book was published in 2015. He was released from prison on September 23rd, 2020. You can now find him on The National Registry of Exonerations. Thank You, Baker Botts Law Firm and The West Virginia Innocence Project for never giving up on him. After 15 years of being wrongfully convicted he is finally free. They say circumstantial evidence is not good evidence...but it was good enough to convict an innocent man. Most of us fail to realize that the decisions we make and the circumstances that encompass our lives cause a rippling effect that molds our future.This book is about the life of Charlie Pangloss and how the wheels of circumstance were set in motion as far back as his childhood. Charlie grew up in the Mountains of Southern West Virginia. His adventures, friendships, and heartaches are well documented within these pages as well as his misfortunes and bad decisions. Life is rarely easy and never simple. The consequences and experiences while living it are as numerous as the names describing it, but in the end it's all CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
