How reporter went to court to prove convicted U.S. murderer could not have killed seven women becaus
Carlton Gary was dubbed the Stocking Strangler in Columbus, Georgia
His alleged murder spree in the 1970s reduced the town to a state of terror
But Mail on Sunday reporter DAVID ROSE says the case has crucial holes
The killer left size nine footprints but Gary's - measured in court - are size 14
Victim claimed she recognised him, but initial statement said it was too dark
'Confession' was also not documented in any way by police at the time
Rose has been called to give evidence and accused of 'lies and propaganda'
You've seen the movie. In the oppressive heat of a wood-paneled courtroom in America’s Deep South, a black man is tried for a series of murderous sex attacks against vulnerable white women.
The evidence is deeply flawed, yet the defendant is found guilty and sentenced by the judge to death by lethal injection. He then faces decades on death row, awaiting his fate.
Last week, I found myself appearing in that movie – or at least, its sequel: a final appeal hearing. And if that wasn’t surreal enough, my role involved brandishing a shoe-size gauge – an instrument that could mean the difference between a man’s life and death.
Quite why it takes a British journalist to help determine the fate of a condemned man in America raises its own questions about the US justice system. But the facts behind this extraordinary case write their own compelling script.
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