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doc03

(38,853 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:09 PM Jan 8

I watched "Trial by Fire" on Netflix. It came out in 2019, if you

haven't seen it I highly recommend it. It is about about a Texas man sentenced to death on false evidence and his12 year fight
where he was eventually cleared.

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I watched "Trial by Fire" on Netflix. It came out in 2019, if you (Original Post) doc03 Jan 8 OP

In the real case, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed on February 17, 2004. John1956PA Jan 8 #1

John1956PA

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1. In the real case, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed on February 17, 2004.

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Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:26 PM

Jan 8

I have always resented the governor's office for gutting the death penalty review commission. I think that, if the commission had been preserved, the convicted man would have not been put to death.

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