Roger Keith Coleman
This is a case in which has always fascinated me a bit and yet I cannot say for certain why. It could be because in the end it likely proved to us just how cunning and manipulative a person could be; it could be because if the results had been different I may look at the death penalty different today. Maybe today it seems more relevant because of all of the media hype surrounding the Steven Avery case. Just as today people seem to be clamoring for Steven Avery's release (although most simply contend that the investigation and trial were unfair), in the early 1990's the same was going on in the Roger Coleman case. There were petitions asking for his release; he was all over the media, including a cover on Time magazine. Roger Coleman was the "spokesperson" for innocent convictions (and later executions). He was the one man everyone was convinced was innocent. He was the symbol to show the world how flawed the death penalty is. The proble...