Dennis Fritz
- Year
- 1999
- Where
- Oklahoma
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
Dennis Fritz, along with co-defendant Ron Williamson, was wrongly convicted in 1988, in Oklahoma, of the murder of Debra Sue Carter.
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