In 2003, they sued the City of Ada and won a settlement of $500,000; the State of Oklahoma also settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Many of the residents of Ada continued to believe that Williamson and Fritz were guilty long after they were exonerated.

Who was wrongfully convicted in the innocent man?

After five years of false starts and shoddy police work by the Ada police department, Williamson, along with his “drinking buddy”, Dennis Fritz, were charged, tried, and convicted of the rape and murder charges in 1988.

Did Dennis Fritz get a settlement?

Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson were exonerated and released in April 1999. Williamson had, at one point, come within five days of execution. The two had been wrongfully incarcerated, respectively, for eleven years. Fritz and Williams later filed a lawsuit and each received $500,000 from the City of Ada.