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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town is a 2006 true crime book by John Grisham, his only nonfiction title as of 2020.The book tells the story of Ronald 'Ron' Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who was wrongly convicted in 1988 of the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada and was sentenced to death.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a lower court decision that said prosecutors and police withheld evidence that could exonerate Tommy Ward of the 1984 murder of Donna Denice ...
The Innocent Man is an American true crime documentary television series based on John Grisham's 2006 book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. The six-episode first season debuted on Netflix on December 14, 2018. Like Grisham's nonfiction book, the series follows two murder cases in Ada, Oklahoma, between 1982 and 1984.
Ron Williamson. Ronald Keith Williamson (February 3, 1953 – December 4, 2004) was a former minor league baseball catcher/pitcher who was one of two men wrongly convicted in 1988 in Oklahoma for the rape and murder of Debra Sue "Debbie" Carter. His former friend Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Williamson was sentenced to ...
March 29, 2021 at 6:52 PM. The wife of an Oklahoma pastor gunned down in his bed in the middle of the night is now charged with hiring his killer – a man the couple had had sex with. The town of ...
Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [5] Ada is home to East Central University, and is the capital of the Chickasaw Nation.
Death and legacy. Ward died of cancer on October 27, 2012, at age 71. After Ward's death, industry professionals noted that he was a knowledgeable trainer and great rider despite his involvement in the horse murders. Ward advised his son McLain throughout his riding career. McLain is a four-time Olympic medalist in showjumping.
Thomas Joseph Grasso (November 23, 1962 – March 20, 1995) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Oklahoma for the murder of 87-year-old Hilda Johnson, whom he strangled in Tulsa in December 1990. He also murdered 81-year-old Leslie Holtz in New York in July 1991. [1] He has become posthumously well known for his ...