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Word: adamses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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A Cambridge man was arrested at an Adams House party early Saturday morning for disorderly conduct after allegedly harassing a Harvard student and attempting to steal a keg of beer, witnesses said.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Man at Adams House Party | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

The Dallas police interrogated Harris after they heard that he had been boasting to friends about killing a policeman. Nonetheless, when Harris fingered Adams, the police believed him. Within six months, Adams was convicted and sentenced to die. Later Governor William Clements commuted his sentence to life.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Happy Ending | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Enter Errol Morris. While making a documentary in 1985 about a psychiatrist who testifies in death-penalty cases, the director stumbled across Adams' story. "I was interested enough that I wanted the details," Morris recalls. What he found in the prosecutor's files shocked him. The slain officer's partner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Happy Ending | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Perhaps the most chilling part of the movie is Harris' virtual confession to the crime. Harris, who is on death row for a 1985 murder, tells Morris that he is sure Adams is innocent "because I'm the one who knows." At the December hearing, Harris admitted that he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Happy Ending | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

The parole board is not scheduled to reconsider Adams' case until December 1990. While he awaits final word on a new trial, Adams remains hopeful. "Eventually, I will win," he says. Meanwhile, Morris' documentary continues to gain attention and praise. The Thin Blue Line has won awards from the New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Happy Ending | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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