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David Ray Harris, whose false testimony sent an innocent man to death row before the 1988 documentary “The Thin Blue Line” cast doubt on the evidence, was executed Wednesday for an...
Jul 1, 2015 · The filmmaker's documentary exposed the flaws in the conviction of Randall Dale Adams, who was wrongly sentenced to death for killing a police officer in 1976. David Harris, Adams' companion that night, was the main suspect, but he falsely implicated Adams to avoid punishment.
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Jun 25, 2011 · “The Thin Blue Line” told the story of how Mr. Adams was wrongly convicted of murder and put on death row.
Aug 25, 1988 · The Thin Blue Line: Directed by Errol Morris. With Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson. A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
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The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, about the trial and conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. Morris became interested in the case while doing research for a film about Dr. James Grigson, a psychiatrist known in Texas as "Dr. Death" for testifying with ...
Harris gained notoriety for his false testimony against Randall Dale Adams, in a case featured in the documentary "Thin Blue Line." Harris later recanted his testimony and Adams released. Citations: Harris v. State, 784 S.W.2d 5 (Tex.Cr.App. 1989) (Direct Appeal). Harris v. Texas, 110 S.Ct. 1837 (1990) (Cert. denied).
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Jun 30, 2004 · More than 18 years after he was sentenced to death, the legal lifeline ran out for convicted killer David Ray Harris, who gained notoriety from a documentary movie that helped show his false...
