The suspect was executed by lethal injection in 2004
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Adams, who was released in this case, sued the director for telling his story after his release, and then settled out of court.
He died of a brain tumor in 2010 at the age of 61.
Randall Dale Adams, a former death row inmate who gained freedom after flaws in his conviction for the murder of a Dallas policeman were exposed in a critically acclaimed documentary, has died. He was 61.
He had never received any restitution for his many years behind bars, said Schaffer, and he later sued Morris to regain the right to tell his own story.
He didn't get any compensation
His lawyers only reported extensively to the media a year after his death, and some heavyweight media in the United States have reported.
The film "Justice Is Difficult" won the 1989 Golden Horse Award Informal Competition-Best Foreign Language Film
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