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On the night before his execution in 1962, James Hanratty told his father he was innocent and asked him to clear his name. Backed by numerous celebrities, Hanratty's family spent the next 40 years fighting to get his conviction overturned, only for posthumous DNA tests to confirm his guilt in 2002.

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Posted Feb 15, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

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