On May 8th, 1987, Dennis Fritz experienceda strange sense of foreboding. Just two hours...
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On May 8th, 1987, Dennis Fritz experienced
a strange sense of foreboding. Just two hours later he was arrested
for rape and murder. After a swift trial he was convicted. And the vote of a single juror
saved him from the death penalty. [Grisham] I think his appeals had run,
and since he was not facing death there was nothing else really to appeal
a strange sense of foreboding. Just two hours later he was arrested
for rape and murder. After a swift trial he was convicted. And the vote of a single juror
saved him from the death penalty. [Grisham] I think his appeals had run,
and since he was not facing death there was nothing else really to appeal
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On May 8th, 1987,
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Dennis Fritz experienced
a strange sense of foreboding.
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Just two hours later he was arrested
for rape and murder.
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After a swift trial he was convicted.
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And the vote of a single juror
saved him from the death penalty.
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[Grisham] I think his appeals had run,
and since he was not facing death
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there was nothing else really to appeal.
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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."
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Dennis Fritz filed his own federal appeal - The Innocent Man](https://clip.cafe/img400/davis-dennis-fritz-filed-own-federal-appeal.jpg)
