I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else.

"The Firm remained on the The New York Times' bestseller list for 47 weeks and became the bestselling novel of 1991. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1977 receiving a BS degree in accounting. The judge dismissed the libel case on September 18 2008 saying "The wrongful convictions of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz must be discussed openly and with great vigor.

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