#176 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Pt. 1

Wrongful Conviction

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🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

He thought the police would recognize this was just a dream, not reality.

Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us a story from Ada, Oklahoma where a young woman went missing. A few months after her disappearance, a man named Tommy Ward told police that he’d had a bad dream about her murder. Incredibly, the police took that dream and turned it into a false confession... and into a prison sentence that continues to this day, 35 years later.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rungful Conviction False Confessions.
0:03.9	I'm Lauren Nyrider.
0:05.1	And I'm Steve Trison.
0:07.3	In 1984, a woman from Ada Oklahoma went missing.
0:11.4	A few months later, a man named Tommy Ward told police that he'd had a bad dream about
0:16.6	her murder.
0:17.6	Incredibly, the police took that dream and turned it into a false confession.
0:23.3	Tommy Ward's story has fascinated the world.
0:26.5	In 2006, the author, John Grisham, wrote a book about Tommy and his co-definite, Carl
0:32.1	Fontanau.
0:33.1	John's career as a writer was changed by Tommy and Carl's case, but he's not the only
0:38.3	one who's been moved by it.
0:39.9	A few years ago, their story was made into a Netflix global series called The Innocent
0:44.7	Man.
0:45.7	Now, the whole world has been moved to.
0:49.0	It's our honor to be part of the fight to exonerate Tommy Ward and Carl Fontanau.
0:53.8	Here's hoping we can deliver a wake-up call in this nightmare of a case.
1:00.8	I'm Amber Reffett, and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar.
1:08.2	In fact, Lacey is not that gorgeous.
1:10.4	I remember getting on with it.
1:11.4	Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share.
1:13.4	We're teaming up with Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network to bring you our brand
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