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He Was Sentenced to Death in 1986. Tonight, He'll Be at Ragtag

Sixteen years ago, Ryan Wylie’s first documentary screened at Ragtag Cinema.

It’s screening there again Wednesday — with one special guest.

Joseph Amrine, who in 2003 was released from prison 17 years after he was sentenced to death, will attend a screening at Ragtag of “Unreasonable Doubt: The Joe Amrine Case,” a 50-minute documentary. The producers are John McHale, Dan Huck and Wylie, who graduated from MU in 2001.

Amrine and Wylie are scheduled to attend the discussion session after the screening, according to the city of Columbia website. Also, Lindsay Runnels, a professor of the School of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Rodney Uphoff, MU law school professor, will join them.

Also, Reginald Griffin, another exonerated man whose death sentence was overturned in 2011, will join the discussion, Wylie said.

After the documentary is shown, there will be an additional 15 minutes of footage that shows Amrine getting out of the prison, answering questions from the press and seeing his family again, Wylie said.

When Wylie was at an Innocence Project meeting in fall 2001, he was shocked to know that Amrine was going to be executed with no witnesses linking him to the crime, Wylie said.

To view the entire story, visit columbiamissourian.com.