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Oklahoma junior high school science teacher Dennis Fritz never thought he would be convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor, 21-year-old Debra Sue Carter. He had no criminal record, except for driving offenses, and the case against him was paper thin--flimsy circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a jailhouse snitch who claimed Fritz confessed while awaiting trial. Was that really all it took to send a man away for life? "When the jury came back with a guilty verdict, I almost went into shock," says Fritz...
That was the plan, but America's Promise hit a few bumps. For weeks the phones were on the fritz, and there were too few people to handle too many offers to help. More hands came on board, thanks to grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, but Powell discovered something else: he is America's Promise. To paraphrase Woody Allen, 80% of success is showing up, and Powell saw that he would need to increase his showing up from a quarter of his time to well over half. He keeps the schedule of a candidate...
...Fritz's supervisor, Michelle M. Trifiro, who isdirector of security for the Fogg Museum, did notrespond to messages requesting comment this week...
Both McCombe and union lawyer Randall L. Nashdeclined to respond to Fritz's assertions ordiscuss the complaint they had filed against theUniversity...
...Fritz alleges that McCombe is to blame forthe union woes...