Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Wrongfully Convicted




   
   Dennis Fritz, a high school science teacher and track coach, was convicted, and given a life sentence for murder.
   
   Several appeals of his conviction were denied, and he contacted Innocence Project

   After serving 11 years in prison for first-degree murder, Dennis was exonerated, his conviction overturned, and he was released.

   Dennis, and another wrongly-convicted man, were subjects of the best-selling, non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, by John Grisham.  
   
   He published his account of the tragedy, Journey Toward Justice, where he writes of profound emotional harm.

   Please also visit Midwest Innocence Project for useful information.

Photograph copyright 2013 Larry F. Levenson. 

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