![[My friend and I] decided, we'll go to Corsicana, and we'll see what the people in Corsicana say. ... We just started meeting people and talking to them, and the more I heard the stories, the more red flags kept popping up. There was this disconnect between this person [Todd Willingham] that I'm reading in the court records, the prosecutor's statements, and this person that I'm learning about.](/assets/img/quote-photos/my-friend-and-i-decided-well-go-to-corsicana-and-well-see-what-the-people-i.jpg)
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