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Randall Dale Adams (December 17, 1948 – October 30, 2010) was an American man wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death after the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. His conviction was overturned in 1989. Throughout his legal ordeal, Adams maintained his innocence.
Jun 25, 2011 · By Douglas Martin. June 25, 2011. Randall Dale Adams, who spent 12 years in prison before his conviction in the murder of a Dallas police officer was thrown out largely on the basis of evidence ...
Filmmaker helped free innocent man. Sentenced to death in 1977 for the murder of a police officer in Dallas, Texas, Randall Dale Adams was exonerated as a result of information uncovered by film-maker Errol Morris and presented in an acclaimed 1988 documentary, The Thin Blue Line.
May 16, 2023 · Randall Dale Adams, who had served 12 years for the murder of a police officer, had been granted a new trial by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This was a year after the filmmaker Errol ...
Jun 27, 2011 · Randall Dale Adams, a former death row inmate who gained freedom after flaws in his conviction for the murder of a Dallas policeman were exposed in a critically acclaimed documentary, has died. He ...
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September 2001 1. UPDATE: Randall Dale Adams, 61, died of a brain tumor in obscurity in Ohio last October, but his death was reported only last week. “Before people had ever heard of Anthony ...
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Randall Dale Adams. Other Texas Murder Exonerations. Randall Dale Adams. After running out of gas on November 27, 1976, Randall Dale Adams was walking along Fort Worth Avenue in Dallas, Texas, when 16-year-old David Harris picked him up in a stolen car. The two ended up spending several hours together, smoking marijuana, drinking, and watching ...
