Three Hundred SixtyThird in the Famous People (FP) Series - Henry Wade
Henry Menasco Wade was born November 11, 1914 in Rockwall County and died March 1, 2001. He was a Texas lawyer who participated in two of the most notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century, the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. In addition, Wade was District Attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary film The Thin Blue Line, was convicted in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer.
Randall Dale Adams was convicted in 1977 and sentenced to death for the murder of Robert Wood. The execution was scheduled for May 8, 1979 but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. ordered a stay only three days before the scheduled date. Instead of conducting a new trial, Governor Bill Clements commuted Adams’s sentence to life in prison. Adams was exonerated in 1988 after serving 12 years in prison.
As of July 2008, 15 people convicted during Wade's term as Dallas District Attorney have been exonerated of the crimes for which they were accused in light of new DNA evidence.
The Ayers Cemetery is host to this little 2 stage multi cache. Sadly, stage one finds you standing in front of another small child's grave who died on his birthday. Pay respects then answer the question to move on to the final which is another one of those *unexploded* or preformed soda bottle tubes.
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| Stage I |
| How many MONTHS old was Johnathan? |
| 1 |
N32 31.451 |
W096 09.077 |
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| 48 |
N32 31.465 |
W096 09.050 |
| 60 |
N32 31.481 |
W096 09.063 |
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