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This is an amazing, amazingly well-written, story from Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim. It documents the lost 25 years - years he spent in prison for a murder he did not commit - of Terry Harrington, of Omaha, and the relentless work of the woman who learned of his tale of injustice when she was employed as an Iowa prison's barber - the amazing Ann Danaher, of Kansas City.
Convicted by an all-white jury in Iowa of the killing of a retired police captain, Terry Harrington's tale - and that of Ann Danaher - is an object lesson in the power of injustice - but also of the ultimate power of truth, for which we should always strive.
A storybook ending eludes the case - Harrington and Danaher would not always see eye to eye; but the overwhelming thrust of this well-worth-reading tale is that we must never give up hope; and that we have a moral responsiblity to do for others:
Wrongly Accused
Terry Harrington spent 25 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit
Convicted by an all-white jury in Iowa of the killing of a retired police captain, Terry Harrington's tale - and that of Ann Danaher - is an object lesson in the power of injustice - but also of the ultimate power of truth, for which we should always strive.
A storybook ending eludes the case - Harrington and Danaher would not always see eye to eye; but the overwhelming thrust of this well-worth-reading tale is that we must never give up hope; and that we have a moral responsiblity to do for others:
Wrongly Accused
Terry Harrington spent 25 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit