this video is brought to you by the
innocent man see it on Netflix beginning
December 14th the perfect lie can be
presented as the perfect truth welcome
to watchmojo.com 10th everyday so be
sure to subscribe to our channel and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos for this list we’re taking
a look at interesting facts regarding
your next true crime obsession number 10
the crime and the controversy this true
crime series revolves around the rape
and murder of 21 year old waitress
Deborah sue Carter whose body was found
on December 8 1982 in Ada Oklahoma in
1988 former minor league baseball player
Ron Williamson and friend Dennis Fritz
were convicted of the crime with Fritz
sentenced to life in prison and
Williamson sent to death row their
convictions however depended on
unreliable testimony and junk science
leading to a campaign for their release
the series also explores the trials of
Tommy Ward and Carl Fontenot locked up
for murder based on similarly dubious
evidence and also linked to DA /
prosecutor bill Peterson who has been
criticized for botching both cases
number 9 it’s adapted from John
Grisham’s only non-fiction book
beginning his career as a lawyer and
politician Grisham established himself
as a novelist with bestsellers like a
time to kill the firm and the runaway
jury while he specializes in fictional
legal thrillers he stepped out of his
comfort zone to tackle real-life legal
cases in the innocent man murder and
injustice in a small town his only
nonfiction novel if I wrote the innocent
man is a novel fiction folks probably
wouldn’t believe it despite being one of
his few works outside of fiction Grisham
is well-versed in the issues discussed
he was a key story contributor for
Netflix series
along with dreams of ADA writer Robert
mayor and Innocence Project co-founder
Barry Scheck number eight it shines a
light on the Innocence Project and
wrongful accusations almost a decade
after Deborah Carter’s murder attorneys
Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld founded
the Innocence Project for over 25 years
this nonprofit legal group has made it
their mission to exonerate falsely
convicted individuals using DNA testing
in the 1990s the Innocence Project
assisted both Ron Williamson and Dennis
Fritz on appeal to date the organization
has helped to exonerate over 360
wrongfully convicted people 20 of whom
had been sent to death row and to find
158 real perpetrators their dedication
to correcting the mistakes of the past
is part of a broader mission to improve
a flawed legal system that too often
results in the wrong people behind bars
number seven the filmmakers the innocent
man has attracted a slew of talent
behind the camera including director
clay tuile one of the most versatile
documentary filmmakers of recent years
along with Brian Carberry Tweel
co-directed the quirky documentary
Finders Keepers which centered on a man
trying to retrieve his mummified leg
Tweel followed up that film with the
award-winning Gleeson a heartbreaking
documentary about football player Steve
Gleason’s battle with ALS as different
as his films are each shares a common
theme about strong-willed people
fighting to overcome obstacles beyond
their control making tuile and ideal
candidate to tell Ron Williamson story
the evidence wasn’t even human hair they
thought it was dog here how are we
comparing dog hair to human hair and
coming up with convictions number 6 it
exposes cracks within the justice system
director clay tile says quote I often
find that the best stories are the ones
we tell ourselves but what surprised me
was the extent to which that idea also
permeates the criminal justice system by
re-examining these old cases I hope that
viewers will identify the biases
involved even their own in addition to
bill Peterson assistant DA Chris Ross
lead police investigator Dennis Smith
OSBI agent Gary Rogers and star witness
Glenn Gore were all prominent figures in
the mishandled murder case of Debbie
Carter by shining a light on the process
Oshin investigative team and witnesses
who contributed to multiple wrongful
convictions the innocent man encompasses
a harrowing message being innocent isn’t
enough to stay out of prison number five
there may be 120 thousand innocent
people in prison in the US although the
Innocence Project has helped to
exonerate hundreds of wrongfully
convicted individuals chances are
they’ve only scratched the surface the
Innocence Project acknowledges that
there’s no way to pin down a conclusive
number but studies show that anywhere
between two point three percent and five
percent of US prisoners are innocent to
give you an idea of how many people that
implicates even if only one percent of
inmates aren’t guilty it would amount to
24,000 innocent souls behind bars four
percent would mean that 120 thousand
Americans are doing time for crimes they
did not commit number four this is a
story that Hollywood wanted to tell for
years long before Netflix was the
streaming giant it is today Hollywood
was keen on adapting Grisham’s
nonfiction novel to the big screen the
same year the innocent man hit bookstore
shelves George Clooney and grant Heslov
set out to purchase the screen rights
the film would be produced through their
production company smokehouse pictures
in collaboration with Warner independent
pictures David Gordon Green of 2018 s
Halloween was also in talks to direct at
one point following the closure of
Warner independent however the project
was taken to Sony and inevitably fell
through the cracks
Netflix eventually gave the innocent man
a second life as a documentary series
rather than a feature film number three
it goes far deeper than a feature can
these days it seems many people are in
agreement that many stories are better
suited to an episodic format as opposed
to a feature-length adaptation
considering how many characters are
attached to the murders of Deborah
Carter and Donna Haraway a docu-series
was perhaps the only way to do this
story justice the filmmakers go into
great depth through interviews with
family members witnesses attorneys
journalists and other suspects
showcasing new and archival footage it’s
everything we expect from the best in
true crime Grisham describes the series
as quote gripping compel
and ultimately just as heartbreaking as
the book adding quote though I know the
story well I can’t wait to watch it
again
number two the injustice in ADA goes far
beyond a single case whereas Grisham’s
the innocent man put an emphasis on
williamson and Fritz’s convictions
robert Mayer’s the dreams of ada delves
deeper into the wrongful incarceration
of Ward and Fontenot Ward was notably
coerced into a false confession littered
with holes between these four wrongful
convictions and two murders the curtain
of injustice has been pulled back in Ada
Oklahoma the crimes don’t necessarily
end there as both of these cases are
possibly connected to a drug ring and a
cover-up the Netflix adaptation puts ADA
under a magnifying glass revealing just
how deep corruption runs in this small
town number one it has a lot in common
with making a murderer
Netflix set a new gold standard for true
crime docu-series with making a murderer
leading to other hits like the keepers
the confession tapes and evil genius the
innocent man in particular shares a fair
deal in common with the story of Steven
Avery both take place in small towns
were the authorities manipulated
evidence to fit the narrative they
crafted resulting in questionable
convictions what separates the two are
the fates of the men involved an extra
layer in the innocent man that makes it
an experience both familiar and fresh
for fans of the genre neighbor no man
whodunnit – I’ll never ever find out
I’ll never know this video is brought to
you by the innocent man check out the trailer here
innocent man see it on Netflix beginning
December 14th the perfect lie can be
presented as the perfect truth welcome
to watchmojo.com 10th everyday so be
sure to subscribe to our channel and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos for this list we’re taking
a look at interesting facts regarding
your next true crime obsession number 10
the crime and the controversy this true
crime series revolves around the rape
and murder of 21 year old waitress
Deborah sue Carter whose body was found
on December 8 1982 in Ada Oklahoma in
1988 former minor league baseball player
Ron Williamson and friend Dennis Fritz
were convicted of the crime with Fritz
sentenced to life in prison and
Williamson sent to death row their
convictions however depended on
unreliable testimony and junk science
leading to a campaign for their release
the series also explores the trials of
Tommy Ward and Carl Fontenot locked up
for murder based on similarly dubious
evidence and also linked to DA /
prosecutor bill Peterson who has been
criticized for botching both cases
number 9 it’s adapted from John
Grisham’s only non-fiction book
beginning his career as a lawyer and
politician Grisham established himself
as a novelist with bestsellers like a
time to kill the firm and the runaway
jury while he specializes in fictional
legal thrillers he stepped out of his
comfort zone to tackle real-life legal
cases in the innocent man murder and
injustice in a small town his only
nonfiction novel if I wrote the innocent
man is a novel fiction folks probably
wouldn’t believe it despite being one of
his few works outside of fiction Grisham
is well-versed in the issues discussed
he was a key story contributor for
Netflix series
along with dreams of ADA writer Robert
mayor and Innocence Project co-founder
Barry Scheck number eight it shines a
light on the Innocence Project and
wrongful accusations almost a decade
after Deborah Carter’s murder attorneys
Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld founded
the Innocence Project for over 25 years
this nonprofit legal group has made it
their mission to exonerate falsely
convicted individuals using DNA testing
in the 1990s the Innocence Project
assisted both Ron Williamson and Dennis
Fritz on appeal to date the organization
has helped to exonerate over 360
wrongfully convicted people 20 of whom
had been sent to death row and to find
158 real perpetrators their dedication
to correcting the mistakes of the past
is part of a broader mission to improve
a flawed legal system that too often
results in the wrong people behind bars
number seven the filmmakers the innocent
man has attracted a slew of talent
behind the camera including director
clay tuile one of the most versatile
documentary filmmakers of recent years
along with Brian Carberry Tweel
co-directed the quirky documentary
Finders Keepers which centered on a man
trying to retrieve his mummified leg
Tweel followed up that film with the
award-winning Gleeson a heartbreaking
documentary about football player Steve
Gleason’s battle with ALS as different
as his films are each shares a common
theme about strong-willed people
fighting to overcome obstacles beyond
their control making tuile and ideal
candidate to tell Ron Williamson story
the evidence wasn’t even human hair they
thought it was dog here how are we
comparing dog hair to human hair and
coming up with convictions number 6 it
exposes cracks within the justice system
director clay tile says quote I often
find that the best stories are the ones
we tell ourselves but what surprised me
was the extent to which that idea also
permeates the criminal justice system by
re-examining these old cases I hope that
viewers will identify the biases
involved even their own in addition to
bill Peterson assistant DA Chris Ross
lead police investigator Dennis Smith
OSBI agent Gary Rogers and star witness
Glenn Gore were all prominent figures in
the mishandled murder case of Debbie
Carter by shining a light on the process
Oshin investigative team and witnesses
who contributed to multiple wrongful
convictions the innocent man encompasses
a harrowing message being innocent isn’t
enough to stay out of prison number five
there may be 120 thousand innocent
people in prison in the US although the
Innocence Project has helped to
exonerate hundreds of wrongfully
convicted individuals chances are
they’ve only scratched the surface the
Innocence Project acknowledges that
there’s no way to pin down a conclusive
number but studies show that anywhere
between two point three percent and five
percent of US prisoners are innocent to
give you an idea of how many people that
implicates even if only one percent of
inmates aren’t guilty it would amount to
24,000 innocent souls behind bars four
percent would mean that 120 thousand
Americans are doing time for crimes they
did not commit number four this is a
story that Hollywood wanted to tell for
years long before Netflix was the
streaming giant it is today Hollywood
was keen on adapting Grisham’s
nonfiction novel to the big screen the
same year the innocent man hit bookstore
shelves George Clooney and grant Heslov
set out to purchase the screen rights
the film would be produced through their
production company smokehouse pictures
in collaboration with Warner independent
pictures David Gordon Green of 2018 s
Halloween was also in talks to direct at
one point following the closure of
Warner independent however the project
was taken to Sony and inevitably fell
through the cracks
Netflix eventually gave the innocent man
a second life as a documentary series
rather than a feature film number three
it goes far deeper than a feature can
these days it seems many people are in
agreement that many stories are better
suited to an episodic format as opposed
to a feature-length adaptation
considering how many characters are
attached to the murders of Deborah
Carter and Donna Haraway a docu-series
was perhaps the only way to do this
story justice the filmmakers go into
great depth through interviews with
family members witnesses attorneys
journalists and other suspects
showcasing new and archival footage it’s
everything we expect from the best in
true crime Grisham describes the series
as quote gripping compel
and ultimately just as heartbreaking as
the book adding quote though I know the
story well I can’t wait to watch it
again
number two the injustice in ADA goes far
beyond a single case whereas Grisham’s
the innocent man put an emphasis on
williamson and Fritz’s convictions
robert Mayer’s the dreams of ada delves
deeper into the wrongful incarceration
of Ward and Fontenot Ward was notably
coerced into a false confession littered
with holes between these four wrongful
convictions and two murders the curtain
of injustice has been pulled back in Ada
Oklahoma the crimes don’t necessarily
end there as both of these cases are
possibly connected to a drug ring and a
cover-up the Netflix adaptation puts ADA
under a magnifying glass revealing just
how deep corruption runs in this small
town number one it has a lot in common
with making a murderer
Netflix set a new gold standard for true
crime docu-series with making a murderer
leading to other hits like the keepers
the confession tapes and evil genius the
innocent man in particular shares a fair
deal in common with the story of Steven
Avery both take place in small towns
were the authorities manipulated
evidence to fit the narrative they
crafted resulting in questionable
convictions what separates the two are
the fates of the men involved an extra
layer in the innocent man that makes it
an experience both familiar and fresh
for fans of the genre neighbor no man
whodunnit – I’ll never ever find out
I’ll never know this video is brought to
you by the innocent man check out the trailer here
Please follow and like us: