James Richardson and the Poisoned Lunch

In 1967, James Joseph Richardson from Florida was accused of murdering his seven children after they died from eating a lunch laced with pesticide. Prosecutors hid key evidence showing that the babysitter, Bessie Reece, who served the meal, was a convicted murderer previously jailed for poisoning her husband. Despite his innocence, Richardson was sentenced to death and spent 21 years behind bars. He was finally exonerated in 1989 after the truth emerged.

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