Ronald Cotton, The Innocence Project Ronald Cotton - Innocence Project Picking Cotton (The book) PICKING COTTON Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption By Jennifer Thompson-Cannino & Ronald Cotton With Erin Torneo Reviewed By Geoffrey W. Sutton I was interested in Picking Cotton for several reasons. As a psychologist and researcher I have helped people deal with interpersonal offenses for over 45 years. My focus has been on forgiveness and reconciliation. But there are more lessons in this book. In view of recent events the book serves to illustrate social injustice and racism. In addition, we see the serious problem of faulty eyewitness testimony evident in the experiments of Elizabeth Loftus. So for these reasons, I recommend this book to a broad spectrum of readers. And would especially recommend it to my colleagues in counselling and mental health. The book opens with the horrible account of Jennifer’s rape. She’s a young white c
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