In February, however, lawyers working to get Willingham a posthumous pardon revealed a note discovered in Mr Webb's file with the Navarro County prosecutor promising a reduced charge based on cooperation in Willingham.
He noted at the time of delivering his sentence that they had not received any mitigating factor letters or testimonies and commented that 'this absence of support was telling.'
It's a futuristic thriller, set in a state of the art penitentiary where inmates have an opportunity to get reduced sentences by partaking in experiments involving mind altering, mood altering drugs.
But the judge accepted a government request to reduce her sentence because she gave an information that was instrumental in multiple criminal investigations including two significant terrorism cases.
Media reports said Mister Starr had offered shorter prison sentences to David Hale and others involved with Whitewater if they cooperated with his investigation.