Joseph Arridy, 23 years old, falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and unjustifiably executed in January 6, 1939 in Cañon City, Colorado, U.S. for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. And the story repeats itself, people in power and with authority were able to coerce him into making a false confession, although it was visibly known he suffered severe mental disability.
Arridy was late to start talking as a boy and never spoke in sentences of more than a few words. After he attended one year at elementary school, his principal told his parents to keep him at home, saying that wasn't able to learn. Arridy…