Terrible news today. James Woodard has died. Woodard spent 27 years in prison, convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. When he was exonerated in 2008, he had served more time behind bars than any other Texas exoneree. The thing I’ll never forget about his case: he could have gotten out of prison earlier if he’d just confessed to the crime — but he refused. Curt Sampson spent time with him just a few weeks after he won his freedom and wrote this profile of Woodard for the magazine.
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