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I wish that

The Innocent Man

I wish that at the time of my death... 49 YEARS OLDTHREE YEARS AFTER EXONERATION ...that I...

The Innocent Man • S01E05 • 2018

I wish that at the time of my death... 49 YEARS OLD
THREE YEARS AFTER EXONERATION ...that I could go to sleep
and never wake up... and never have a bad dream and just eternal rest,
like you've seen on some tombstones. That's what I hope for, you know, because I don't want to go
through the judgment. I don't want anybody judging me again. Today,
Dennis Fritz is once again a teacher. DENNIS FRITZ 2007 He travels around the country lecturing
about the criminal justice system and campaigning against the death penalty. Fritz has written a memoir,
Journey Toward Justice, about the case and his years behind bars. I did 12 years

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I wish that

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at the time of my death...

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49 YEARS OLD THREE YEARS AFTER EXONERATION

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...that I could go to sleep and never wake up...

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and never have a bad dream

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and just eternal rest, like you've seen on some tombstones.

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That's what I hope for, you know,

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because I don't want to go through the judgment.

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I don't want anybody judging me again.

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Today, Dennis Fritz is once again a teacher.

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DENNIS FRITZ 2007

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He travels around the country lecturing about the criminal justice system

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and campaigning against the death penalty.

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Fritz has written a memoir, Journey Toward Justice,

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about the case and his years behind bars.

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I did 12 years.

Duration

45 seconds

Views

44

Timestamp in Movie

00:10:52

Uploaded

Jun 24, 2025

Season

1

Episode

5

Genres

documentary, crime

Production

Columbia Pictures

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Movie Summary

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."