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How Rob and Michele Reiner formed a remarkable bond with a Texas man sentenced to death
Rob and Michele Reiner supported Nanon Williams for over a decade, advocating for his release amid new evidence challenging his 1992 conviction, before their recent deaths.
- Jan. 5, 2026: Rob Reiner, famed director, and Michele Reiner, photographer/producer/activist, devoted themselves to helping death-row inmate Nanon Williams by emailing him almost daily and attending a Dec. 12 Los Angeles theater performance where his prison writings were read and they posed with his supporters.
- Evidence that underpinned the 1995 conviction was later undermined when 1998 testing and Robert Baldwin's 1998 letter indicated the fatal bullet came from Vaal Guevara's.22 Derringer, prompting Texas post-conviction courts to revisit the case.
- At trial, Williams was 17 and faced the death penalty; the state's case relied on Vaal Guevara's testimony and a ballistics expert, while jurors later said new evidence could have changed their verdicts.
- On Dec. 14, Williams opened his state-issued tablet, saw a news alert, wrote `Please, this can't be true,' messaged Michele Reiner, and later received three new emails from Rob and Michele.
- Their celebrity helped push Williams' case into the spotlight, amplifying his fight and highlighting broader questions about forensic evidence through the show Lyrics From Lockdown.
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WVII / Fox BangorMichele Reiner Emailed Death Row Inmate Hours Before Her Death
Nanon Williams -- a death row inmate who was befriended by Rob and Michele Reiner -- received an uplifting email from Michele hours before she was killed ... only he didn't get it until days after her death, according to a new report.
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Very close to Nanon Williams, sentenced to death for a crime he has always denied, Rob and Michele Reiner wrote to him often. On 13 December, 24 hours before their murder, they sent him a poignant letter.
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