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The Innocent Man

New DNA testing could mean that the twomen convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of Debbie...

New DNA testing could mean that the two
men convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of Debbie Carter of ADA could go free. It's our big story tonight at six. Eyewitness News 5 reporter Steve Voelker
joins us live from Ada tonight, and Steve some shocking news in this case
that many thought was solved. It was in this Pontotoc County courthouse where Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz
were sentenced 12 years ago, and it will be in this courthouse where
we will learn if they will be set free. [Judge] And then I got a letter,
three or four weeks later, and it said this is not Dennis Fritz
and Ron Williamson

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New DNA testing could mean that the two men convicted in the 1982 rape and murder
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of Debbie Carter of ADA could go free.
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It's our big story tonight at six.
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Eyewitness News 5 reporter Steve Voelker joins us live from Ada tonight,
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and Steve some shocking news in this case that many thought was solved.
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It was in this Pontotoc County courthouse
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where Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were sentenced 12 years ago,
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and it will be in this courthouse where we will learn if they will be set free.
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[Judge] And then I got a letter, three or four weeks later,
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and it said this is not Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson.
Duration
36 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:00
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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."
S01 • E05 They inventoried the car - The Innocent Man 00:06
They inventoried the car
S01 • E06 So, can you tell me about, you know, that night? - The Innocent Man 00:04
So, can you tell me about, you know, that night?
S01 • E02 My neighbor that used to live across the street from me, Roy Haney, - The Innocent Man 00:42
My neighbor that used to live across the street from me, Roy...
S01 • E06 So we stopped at McAnally's to get change for the poker game. - The Innocent Man 00:05
So we stopped at McAnally's to get change for the poker...
S01 • E05 They had a... OSBI agent - The Innocent Man 00:08
They had a... OSBI agent
S01 • E05 He wouldn't answer some questions. And other questions, - The Innocent Man 00:06
He wouldn't answer some questions. And other questions,
S01 • E05 And he refused to talk about the Denice Haraway case. - The Innocent Man 00:04
And he refused to talk about the Denice Haraway case.
S01 • E06 [Shilton] Tell me a little bit about, um, They had you go and do a line-up, - The Innocent Man 00:06
[Shilton] Tell me a little bit about, um, They had you go an...
S01 • E05 Also, they say - The Innocent Man 00:16
Also, they say
S01 • E03 I don't even remember who called me, - The Innocent Man 00:09
I don't even remember who called me,
S01 • E06 [Gene] Well, I'd already seen... [stutters] - The Innocent Man 00:05
[Gene] Well, I'd already seen... [stutters]
S01 • E06 I said, "Well, that looks like the guy." - The Innocent Man 00:09
I said, "Well, that looks like the guy."
S01 • E04 I was just wondering if you'd be willing to talk to me a little bit - The Innocent Man 00:07
I was just wondering if you'd be willing to talk to me ...
S01 • E05 But they didn't do that. They passed on it, - The Innocent Man 00:10
But they didn't do that. They passed on it,
S01 • E03 [Judge] I did not know what to expect, - The Innocent Man 00:07
[Judge] I did not know what to expect,
S01 • E01 So, then they tell them, - The Innocent Man 00:09
So, then they tell them,
S01 • E03 I remember being very confused by the whole situation - The Innocent Man 00:14
I remember being very confused by the whole situation
S01 • E02 She was also friends with Dennis Smith's daughter... - The Innocent Man 00:12
She was also friends with Dennis Smith's daughter...
S01 • E05 Nobody, to this day, - The Innocent Man 00:09
Nobody, to this day,
S01 • E01 [police radio speaking] - The Innocent Man 00:12
[police radio speaking]