Talk:Willie Earl Green

Latest comment: 7 years ago by E.M.Gregory in topic Query notability

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There is more information in the external link article which I didn't get to. If someone could check it out and add any pertinant info, I think that would help out the article. thanks. Rhetth (talk) 13:56, 21 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Green's exoneration got only a flurry of coverage. The Los Angeles Times reported the story, Green had always maintained he was innocent, kept his nose clean in prison, got an associate degree, worked in the prison library and married his penpal - all while in prison. He had been convicted based on the sole testimony of an eye-witness who was high on cocaine at the time of the murder; also police had falsely informed the witness that Green had previously been convicted of stealing from the murder victim. Judge therefore ruled that Green did not receive a fair trial. Sum total of coverage appears to have been two news stories in the Los Angeles Times, neither very long. Plus an AP story and a UPI story that got picked up by a number of newspapers. All in March 2008. It is a story that tugs at the heartstrings. But I am not persuaded that he is notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:04, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply