Ron Williamson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ron Williamson

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1953

Place of Birth: Ada, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 04-Dec-2004

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ron Williamson

  • Ronald Keith Williamson (February 3, 1953 – December 4, 2004) was a former minor league baseball catcher/pitcher who was one of two men wrongly convicted in 1988 in Oklahoma for the rape and murder of Debra Sue "Debbie" Carter.
  • His friend Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Williamson was sentenced to death.
  • Both were released 11 years later when DNA evidence proved their innocence.
  • Their story became the subject of bestselling author John Grisham's first nonfiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, and the adapted Netflix docu-series of the same name.

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