Get your name in Grisham’s next novel

How cool would it be to see your name in a John Grisham novel?

It could happen, if you are a corporate legal or compliance professional at a United States corporation. That’s who’s eligible in a contest launched today by West called ”Name Your Character.”

Eligible entrants just need to go to NameYourCharacter.com to register, today through April 30, 2009, and watch a short video clip of a movie scene modeled after Grisham’s style.

The winning entrant’s name will be drawn at random and the winner can either enter his or her name for the character or a fictional name they create.

That name will appear in the next Grisham novel, scheduled for release in 2010.

For every eligible entry received, West will make a donation to the Innocence Project of Minnesota, whose mission is to keep innocent people from being convicted, and to free people imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit.

Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters 

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West and The Innocence Project

West supports The Innocence Project of Minnesota, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the national efforts of The Innocence Project, well-known for its work to exonerate wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system.

As part of West’s connection to The Innocence Project, the Thomson Reuters Legal division hosted a presentation on Wed. Oct. 15 to employees at our Eagan, Minn. headquarters by Dennis Fritz, one of two men convicted in 1988 of murdering a woman in Oklahoma. Fritz and the other man, Ron Williamson, served 11 years in prison until DNA evidence proved their innocence.

You may know the case because it also is featured in “The Innocent Man,” a book by bestselling author John Grisham. Fritz also wrote a book about his ordeal, titled “Journey Toward Justice.”

Fritz presented his story to Thomson Reuters employees, answered questions and autographed copies of his book. Afterward, we asked him about his story in this video interview:

After his visit to Thomson Reuters, Fritz joined Grisham at a West-sponsored “Benefit for Innocence” event in Minneapolis, to raise money for The Innocence Project of Minnesota.

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