In 1957, 24-year-old Willie Edwards Jr. spent the last hours of his life being terrorized by Ku Klux Klan members, including one named Henry Alexander. Though this KKK cohort were suspects in Willie’s murder, the judge threw out their case — twice. Henry’s wife always believed he was innocent. His deathbed confession not only proved her wrong, but revealed that Willie didn’t even commit the offense that upset his killers. 

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