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Barbara's Journey Toward Justice After reading "Journey Toward Justice" by Dennis Fritz, I decided to join his Journey. To bring Public awareness of issues. Such as : Wrongful Convictions - Death Penalty - The Exonerated - Faith - The Criminal Justice System and The Innocence Project

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Member Since: March 25, 2007

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Video - Author John Grisham discusses his book "The Innocent Man"

Books – The video opens with Exoneree Dennis Fritz dancing with the mother of the murder victim in the case for which he was wrongfully convicted

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Submitted and Voted for on July 06, 2008 07:31pm

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eBay: we're sorry for treating sellers like dirt

News – eBay has officially withdrawn plans to force customers to use PayPal, just as the ACCC was expected to announce eBay was breaking the law by doing so.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 05, 2008 08:21am

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Jeff Deskovic - An Emotional Night At The Innocence Project's Gala

Do No Evil – Grisham had written a book entitled "The Innocent Man", which was the story of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz, who had been wrongfully convicted of murder in Oklahoma. The book has been responsible for raising the awareness of countless people across the country about wrongful convictions.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 05:35pm

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EBay Angers Sellers

News – Change can be upsetting. Just ask sellers on eBay.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 08:37am

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Midwest Innocence Project Has A New Website

Do No Evil – A recent university study estimates a 5% failure rate of our criminal justice system, but even if that rate is only 1%,that indicates there are 1,000 people; 1,000 moms and dads and sons and daughters in our region sitting in a jail cell away from their families and completely innocent of the crime for which they are incarcerated. We want them out

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Submitted and Voted for on June 13, 2008 12:42am

Sister Helen Prejean And Dennis Fritz Meet In Chicago
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Sister Helen Prejean And Dennis Fritz Meet In Chicago

News – Dennis Fritz, who is the author of Journey Toward Justice the co-companion book to John Grisham's The Innocent Man has been touring the country and speaking out about wrongful convictions, and the unfair administration of the death penalty. A major motion picture under the direction of George Clooney, is now underway about

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Submitted and Voted for on May 31, 2008 07:02pm

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Innocence Project Benefit, A Celebration of Freedom and Justice

Politics – Learn more about how the Innocence Project is working with victims and their families, including Christy Sheppard and Peggy Carter Sanders, to improve the criminal justice system.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:33pm

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Dennis Fritz The other innocent man in Grisham's book dances with Debra Sue Carter's Mother

Books – Dennis Fritz,the other innocent man in John Grisham's book "The Innocent Man", exonerated of murder charges have become friends with the mother of the victim, Debra Sue Carter.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 10, 2008 11:15am

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Tabitha Pollock Wrongfully Convicted For Murder For Not Being A Mind Reader

News – At her trial,the prosecution produced no witness who had suspected her boyfriend of prior abuse. "How could I have known he would murder my precious baby girl?" Ms. Pollock wrote. "I did not know, yet I received 36 years in prison for not being a mind reader."

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Submitted and Voted for on April 30, 2008 11:05am

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John Grisham Focuses on Falsely Condemned

Do No Evil – An obituary in The New York Times changed the way attorney-turned-best-selling author John Grisham looked at the law. On Dec. 9, 2004, he was skimming the Times and came across the headline, "Ronald Williamson, Freed from Death Row, Dies at 51."

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 08:15pm

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South Dakota University Honors Dennis Fritz As Guest, Keynote Speaker

News – Dennis Fritz, Author of Journey Toward Justice,arrived in Vermillion, South Dakota, to share his nightmare-out-of-hell story, of the unjust and wrongful conviction for 1st Degree Capital Murderââ;¬" that he had to suffer for 12 grueling years before justice finally prevailed.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 22, 2008 10:08am

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Canada's Last Hanging 1962 TV and Radio Clips

Do No Evil – Death Penalty Debate 8 television clips - 9 radio clips Topic spans: 1962 - 1987 Protests in the 1960's were met with questions about preventing the murder of police officers and prison guards.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 18, 2008 08:25pm

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Youth and Wrongful Convictions - Start a School Group or Community Organization

Politics – Youth are affected by wrongful convictions ââ;¬" and also have unique power to spark change in our criminal justice system. By organizing at your high school, college or university, or in your community, you can raise awareness about wrongful convictions and engage more people in pursuing reforms to prevent injustic

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Submitted and Voted for on April 10, 2008 10:11pm

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Help Me Free The Innocent From Prison

Politics – I just signed the Innocence Project's petition to help prisoners in all 50 states get access to the DNA testing that can prove their innocence. I'm standing up with the Innocence Project to help free the wrongfully convicted. Click on the link below to sign the petition today!

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Submitted and Voted for on April 08, 2008 08:40pm

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Dennis Fritz Shares His Electrifying Story At The Midwestern Innocence Project

News – He described the tremendous amounts of suffering that he endured throughout his horrible experience. All eyes were glued upon him, as he vividly described what prison life was really like. "Every day was filled with tremendous amounts of unbelievable stress and fear for my life.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 04, 2008 08:56pm

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