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How the Reiners Built a Bond With a Man on Death Row
- The Reiners built a bond with Naynan Williams, a Texas inmate who says he didn’t commit the 1992 murder.
- Ballistics evidence later acknowledged by a key expert did not match Williams’s gun.
- Advocates, including Rob and Michele Reiner, pressed for Williams’s freedom after reviewing the case.
- A Georgetown professor and students studied Williams’s case, highlighting potential wrongful conviction issues.
- Williams’s supporters describe Williams as innocent and argue for new investigations.
- The program shows the emotional toll on families, including messages Williams received from Rob and Michele Reiner.
- Williams’s case has drawn involvement from academics and Amnesty International over the years.
- The NBC News segment aired as part of Sunday Spotlight to examine post-conviction reviews.
- The case underscores ongoing debates about gun evidence and wrongful convictions.
- The piece also documents personal correspondence and emails exchanged before and after Williams’s involvement.
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