These are the 12 Texas death row inmates who narrowly escaped execution after being wrongfully convicted. They fought for their lives for years — or in some cases, decades.
Randall Adams was convicted of murder in the 1976 shooting death of a Dallas police officer. His case, made famous in the Errol Morris documentary “A Thin Blue Line,” was marred by fabricated accusations and police misconduct. Key testimony at his death penalty trial came from a subsequently sanctioned psychiatrist, Dr. James Grigson, known as “Dr.
He told Brandley,"One of you two is going to hang for this. Since you're the n-----, you're elected,” BrandleyBrandley, the school's only Black janitor, was convicted of murder by an all-white jury. Shortly after he initiated the traffic stop, Officer J.D. Harris sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Another driver in the area was killed by gunfire, and a second officer was later injured during a chase. Following the chase, Carrasco Flores died in a shootout with police. Harris’ gun was found within reach of Carrasco Flores’ body.
A man named Richard Williams told police Lansford had propositioned Cruz’s wife prior to the slaying. Williams said he was harvesting pecans at twilight on Lansford’s property on Christmas Eve when he saw Lansford arrive in his vehicle and enter the landowner’s home. Williams said he saw the house lights switch on, heard several gunshots and saw the lights turn off again.
His appellate lawyers argued on appeal that his case was plagued by false witness testimony, a lying jailhouse informant and shoddy work from his defense team who had missed considerable evidence pointing to his innocence at trial. Police believed Deeb was in love with Gayle Kelley, a woman who worked for him at the gas station and resembled Montgomery. The investigators’ theory was that when Kelley refused Deeb’s advances, he plotted to kill her and collect the insurance money, since he was her sole beneficiary. Officers charged Deeb under the theory that he had hired David Wayne Spence, Gilbert Melendez and Anthony Melendez to kill her to cash in on Kelley's $20,000 life insurance policy.
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