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has gloss | eng: Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson were wrongly convicted of the murder of Ada, Oklahoma resident Debra Carter. Fritz was given a life sentence, while Williamson was sentenced to death in 1988. Fritz and Williamson were the subjects of a non-fiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham which later went on to become a bestseller. Fritz later had his conviction overturned and was released from prison on April 15, 1999. Dennis Fritz has published his own personal account of the tragedy "Journey Toward Justice" (ISBN 1-931643-95-4). |
lexicalization | eng: Dennis Fritz |
instance of | e/Overturned convictions in the United States |
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