Courtney Heard
Innocents: Death Row Exoneree #138
On the night of August 18th, 1992, a grandmother, her daughter and her 4 grandchildren were killed. An innocent man went to prison for it.
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Courtney Heard
- Nov 17, 2020
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Innocents: The One Life The Pandemic May Have Saved
Is Pervis Payne an innocent man facing execution in Tennessee?
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Courtney Heard
- Oct 30, 2020
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Bountiful: BC's Dirty Little Secret
The story of British Columbia's most notorious FLDS polygamist community, Bountiful, BC.
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Courtney Heard
- Feb 7, 2018
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Atheist Inmates In Their Own Words: Critical Thinking Behind Bars
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 31, 2018
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Sneak Preview: Atheist Inmates In Their Own Words
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 3, 2018
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This is an ongoing series telling the stories of wrongful convictions in North America.
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Courtney Heard
- Aug 30, 2017
- 4 min
Why I’m Breaking Up With Catholics
The day I write off every last Catholic. Every single one of you.
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Courtney Heard
- Feb 22, 2017
- 8 min
This Believer Is The Perfect Example Of How Religion Threatens Critical Thought
This guy found god and suddenly began supporting the death penalty because of it.
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 5, 2017
- 3 min
Innocents: 21 Years For A False Rape Accusation
Brian Franklin spent 21 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
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Courtney Heard
- Jul 22, 2016
- 4 min
Innocents: Wheat Kings and Pretty Things
The story of the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard in Canada.
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Courtney Heard
- Jun 30, 2016
- 5 min
Celebrate Canada Day By Ending Canadian Blasphemy Laws
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Courtney Heard
- Apr 19, 2016
- 3 min
Innocents: Picking Cotton
When Jennifer Thompson-Cannino woke to a man in her room, she vowed to do everything she could to save herself and get this man caught.
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Courtney Heard
- Feb 23, 2016
- 4 min
Innocents: Too Late To Set Free
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 19, 2016
- 5 min
Innocents: The Body On The Levee
Damon Thibodeaux spent fifteen years on Louisiana’s death row at Angola prison.
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 11, 2016
- 4 min
Every Atheist Needs: Making a Murderer
By now, if you haven’t heard of Netflix’s documentary series, Making a Murderer, you’re either dead or in a cult.
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Courtney Heard
- Jan 5, 2016
- 5 min
Innocents: When Murder Isn’t Really Murder
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
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Courtney Heard
- Sep 22, 2015
- 7 min
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The story of the wrongful conviction and death row incarceration of Joe D'Ambrosio.
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Courtney Heard
- Aug 11, 2015
- 5 min
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Brooklyn teen Anthony Yarbough was just 18 when he arrived home one night in 1992 to find his mother, sister and sister’s friend lying dead
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Courtney Heard
- Jul 28, 2015
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Innocents: One Man, Two Death Sentences
Glenn Ford was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He’d barely begun his thirties when his boss was murdered during a robbery.
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Courtney Heard
- Jul 14, 2015
- 4 min
Innocents: David Keaton of the Quincy Five
Since Keaton, 153 more men and women have narrowly escaped being executed after it was found out they were wrongfully convicted.
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