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Geoffrey Fletcher

‘Trial By Fire’ Fizzles Its Way Through An Important Texas Death Row True Story

May 15, 2019 by James Jay Edwards

Jack O'Connell and Laura Dern in Trial By Fire, courtesy Roadside Attractions.

Trial By Fire profiles the failures of the criminal justice system as seen in Cameron Todd Willingham’s Texas Death Row case – but it doesn’t do it well enough.

Filed Under: Biography, Book Adaptation, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, History, Movie Review, Movies Tagged With: David Grann, Edward Zwick, Emily Meade, Geoffrey Fletcher, Jack O'Connell, Jeff Perry, Laura Dern

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