Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

Two men on opposite sides of a profound injustice tell their own story in this true account set in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Andrew Collins was a corrupt police officer who planted drugs on an innocent man; Jameel McGee was that man, who spent four years in federal prison for a crime he never committed. What unfolds after both their lives unravel is not a story of bitterness, but of an improbable encounter that neither man could have anticipated, forcing each to reckon with accountability, loss, and the possibility of genuine reconciliation.

The dual-narrator format is essential here. Calvin Robinson and Adam Verner each voice one man's perspective, giving the listener direct, embodied access to two radically different experiences of the same events. The contrast in their deliveries mirrors the book's emotional tension, and the alternating structure keeps the pacing brisk across its six-plus hours. Hearing both men speak for themselves makes the forgiveness at the heart of the story feel earned rather than sentimental.