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Innocent Men Due Freedom From Huntsville Prison
I L Southerland and O G Mathis, both long imprisoned for a 1934 Atlanta bank robbery, are near release after years of appeals and newspaper investigation. A Texas judge denied a new trial, while supporters cite bank employee identifications and True Detective Mysteries followups as evidence of innocence. The case drew national interest and highlighted persistent questions about guilt.
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Huntsville
Texas
I. L. Southerland
O. G. Mathis
Southerland
Spriter
Mathis
Atlanta First National Bank
Little Rock
Ark
Shreveport
Charles Chapman
F. M. Sterrett
Sterrett
Paul Dunkiin
R. Hicks Harvey
Huntsville Penal Institution
S. E Barnett
Cof Printing
Barnett
Sertherlant
Iis Federal Bureau of, Investigation
John Shuttleworth
Dilison
Barmett
Shuttleworth
Frank Lynn
New York City
Little’ Rock
Mathip