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The Innocent Man

The story of Ron Williamson, a man who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit. Based on John Grisham's "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town."

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N/A

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documentary, crime

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Columbia Pictures

Awards

1 nomination total

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[Peggy]
I said it's gotta be more than one. - The Innocent Man

[Peggy] I said it's gotta be more than one.

She told me one time, "As long as I've got - The Innocent Man

She told me one time, "As long as I've got

Very little was handed over to defense, - The Innocent Man

Very little was handed over to defense,

And of course,
Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot alleged - The Innocent Man

And of course, Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot alleged

Saying that Barney Ward
did a good job, he didn't. - The Innocent Man

Saying that Barney Ward did a good job, he didn't.

There's, of course,
other major contentions, - The Innocent Man

There's, of course, other major contentions,

The courts found that he was found
to be ineffective, - The Innocent Man

The courts found that he was found to be ineffective,

[Elizabeth] Dennis Fritz is my father. - The Innocent Man

[Elizabeth] Dennis Fritz is my father.

I was at a keg party. - The Innocent Man

I was at a keg party.

[man]
Tommy had his run-in with the police. - The Innocent Man

[man] Tommy had his run-in with the police.

[Elizabeth]
My mother was a year older than him, - The Innocent Man

[Elizabeth] My mother was a year older than him,

Ineffective means that you didn't
effectively represent your client - The Innocent Man

Ineffective means that you didn't effectively represent...

Billy Charley was the person,
besides Tommy Ward, - The Innocent Man

Billy Charley was the person, besides Tommy Ward,

He can't get Titsworth's name right
and he makes that mistake again. - The Innocent Man

He can't get Titsworth's name right and he makes t...

You know, any lawyer
would have raised the competence issue. - The Innocent Man

You know, any lawyer would have raised the competence issue.

He was a school teacher.
He did that for most of my childhood... - The Innocent Man

He was a school teacher. He did that for most of my childhoo...

Unless it was just those things, you know?
I mean, Tommy liked to drink. - The Innocent Man

Unless it was just those things, you know? I mean, Tommy lik...

Tommy, excuse me,
before you get into your story, - The Innocent Man

Tommy, excuse me, before you get into your story,

Videos were kept in Peterson's office, - The Innocent Man

Videos were kept in Peterson's office,

He'd move around, - The Innocent Man

He'd move around,

I... I was at a... - The Innocent Man

I... I was at a...

[Davis] My mental health argument was
all the things they knew before trial. - The Innocent Man

[Davis] My mental health argument was all the things they kn...

His daughter was in the house
when her mom was shot in the head. - The Innocent Man

His daughter was in the house when her mom was shot in the h...

There's information from David Yockey, - The Innocent Man

There's information from David Yockey,

Was that women in the jail - The Innocent Man

Was that women in the jail

By a young man who lived
in the neighborhood, who was crazy. - The Innocent Man

By a young man who lived in the neighborhood, who was crazy.

- It was Odell?
- Odell. - The Innocent Man

- It was Odell? - Odell.

He says that he went to the police - The Innocent Man

He says that he went to the police

He had been found incompetent
to stand trial - The Innocent Man

He had been found incompetent to stand trial

They get details wrong. - The Innocent Man

They get details wrong.

People who were employed
in law enforcement. - The Innocent Man

People who were employed in law enforcement.

I think Billy Charley is capable
of something like this." - The Innocent Man

I think Billy Charley is capable of something like this.&quo...

[Elizabeth]
It was Christmas Eve, December 24th, - The Innocent Man

[Elizabeth] It was Christmas Eve, December 24th,

When I graduated from college
and journalism school, - The Innocent Man

When I graduated from college and journalism school,

And she felt that those tapes - The Innocent Man

And she felt that those tapes

But somehow when he was
on trial for his life for murder, - The Innocent Man

But somehow when he was on trial for his life for murder,

As we was going to McAnally's,
we stopped there at the apartments... - The Innocent Man

As we was going to McAnally's, we stopped there at the ...

I worked on Tommy's case, I think,
approximately two years. - The Innocent Man

I worked on Tommy's case, I think, approximately two ye...

But that was my argument
to the 10th Circuit, - The Innocent Man

But that was my argument to the 10th Circuit,

No conception whatever,
if these guys were guilty or innocent. - The Innocent Man

No conception whatever, if these guys were guilty or innocen...

And he had a nephew. - The Innocent Man

And he had a nephew.

When I first got involved in the case, - The Innocent Man

When I first got involved in the case,

I thought, "Well, I'll look into it
and see how far it goes." - The Innocent Man

I thought, "Well, I'll look into it and see how fa...

[Elizabeth] That night
he actually came over to our house. - The Innocent Man

[Elizabeth] That night he actually came over to our house.

I mean, imagine you are a poor
and drug-addicted woman - The Innocent Man

I mean, imagine you are a poor and drug-addicted woman

I was sentenced to die on September 27th
of this year for a crime I didn't commit, - The Innocent Man

I was sentenced to die on September 27th of this year for a ...

You know, we've seen all of these women
who are educated, - The Innocent Man

You know, we've seen all of these women who are educate...

All right, he's giving back
what they told him to confess to, - The Innocent Man

All right, he's giving back what they told him to confe...

Um, now coming out and talking about
how they have been victimized - The Innocent Man

Um, now coming out and talking about how they have been vict...

[Davis] We won the new trial... - The Innocent Man

[Davis] We won the new trial...

He clearly can be violent - The Innocent Man

He clearly can be violent

She told him
she was going to call his uncle - The Innocent Man

She told him she was going to call his uncle

The very same thing,
and even a degree worse... - The Innocent Man

The very same thing, and even a degree worse...

Parents heard
on the police scanner that night, - The Innocent Man

Parents heard on the police scanner that night,

So he left. [takes a deep breath] - The Innocent Man

So he left. [takes a deep breath]

And now they're back at the trial level. - The Innocent Man

And now they're back at the trial level.

People with low IQs,
low-level cognitive functioning, - The Innocent Man

People with low IQs, low-level cognitive functioning,

Would happen to the most powerless
women of all in society? - The Innocent Man

Would happen to the most powerless women of all in society?

Once you've gotten that new trial,
then you can retest all the evidence. - The Innocent Man

Once you've gotten that new trial, then you can retest ...

Which is interesting, - The Innocent Man

Which is interesting,

[Elizabeth] Got word to my dad
and everybody and the police were called. - The Innocent Man

[Elizabeth] Got word to my dad and everybody and the police ...

Hoda: The same jailhouse informant
hears two confessions. - The Innocent Man

Hoda: The same jailhouse informant hears two confessions.

That's the other person
that Mark is really interested in. - The Innocent Man

That's the other person that Mark is really interested ...

Police are taught techniques
to break down the suspects' denials. - The Innocent Man

Police are taught techniques to break down the suspects'...

And by the end of the interview, I was
convinced both of them were innocent. - The Innocent Man

And by the end of the interview, I was convinced both of the...

Yeah, I think Jim Bob looks more
like that second sketch than Karl does. - The Innocent Man

Yeah, I think Jim Bob looks more like that second sketch tha...

I end up moving to my grandmother's - The Innocent Man

I end up moving to my grandmother's

Featherstone: What was the purpose
of taking her with you? - The Innocent Man

Featherstone: What was the purpose of taking her with you?

A large part of the evidence
in Dennis' trial - The Innocent Man

A large part of the evidence in Dennis' trial

Jim Bob Howard apparently confessed - The Innocent Man

Jim Bob Howard apparently confessed

Can you tell me
what her blouse looked like? - The Innocent Man

Can you tell me what her blouse looked like?

Has there been any time... - The Innocent Man

Has there been any time...

On May 8th, 1987, - The Innocent Man

On May 8th, 1987,

Yeah, Tommy was across from me
in the bullpen - The Innocent Man

Yeah, Tommy was across from me in the bullpen

Billy Charley and Jim Bob Howard
have run together for years and years. - The Innocent Man

Billy Charley and Jim Bob Howard have run together for years...

So, you know,
it's not that much of a stretch - The Innocent Man

So, you know, it's not that much of a stretch

You c... You can say, yes,
she might have testified - The Innocent Man

You c... You can say, yes, she might have testified

As we was going to McAnally's,
we stopped there at the apartments, - The Innocent Man

As we was going to McAnally's, we stopped there at the ...

And I had already been convicted
of three or four felonies. - The Innocent Man

And I had already been convicted of three or four felonies.

If you're not convicted
of a capital offense - The Innocent Man

If you're not convicted of a capital offense

I knew Billy Charley
and his buddy Jim Bob Howard - The Innocent Man

I knew Billy Charley and his buddy Jim Bob Howard

I, in my hea... I do not believe - The Innocent Man

I, in my hea... I do not believe

He was kind of talking crazy
that night, you know? - The Innocent Man

He was kind of talking crazy that night, you know?

[Davis]
Dennis Fritz filed his own federal appeal - The Innocent Man

[Davis] Dennis Fritz filed his own federal appeal

I pulled my wallet out and gave them both
a 20-dollar bill, - The Innocent Man

I pulled my wallet out and gave them both a 20-dollar bill,

How do you convict somebody
of stabbing somebody to death - The Innocent Man

How do you convict somebody of stabbing somebody to death

That's about all I said. They went on in, - The Innocent Man

That's about all I said. They went on in,

Ron was mentally unbalanced in prison. - The Innocent Man

Ron was mentally unbalanced in prison.

Anyway, the younger guy, the skinny guy,
anyway, Jim Bob Howard, - The Innocent Man

Anyway, the younger guy, the skinny guy, anyway, Jim Bob How...

And he saw a early episode - The Innocent Man

And he saw a early episode

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The story of Ron Williamson, a man who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit. Based on John Grisham's "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town."

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Director: N/A

Writer: Ross M. Dinerstein, Clay Tweel

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

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Released: 14 Dec 2018

Awards: 1 nomination total

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