The real killer(s) of Haraway, whoever they are, are still out there, if you subscribe to the belief that Ward and Fontenot did not commit the crime. Two other key suspects in Haraway's murder are brought up over the course of the documentary — Billy Charlie and Floyd Degraw (who is now in jail for an unrelated crime) — but no legal action ever moved forward with either of them. If you watch The Innocent Man all the way through, though, it's hard to believe that either Ward or Fontenot could still be in prison given the glaring lack of evidence.
Fontenot, who's in the midst of trying to appeal his sentencing, was advised not to comment on the documentary, but Ward — who's still in prison, too — sat down for a number of interviews with the documentary team. Ward explained that although admitting guilt and regret over her murder to the appeals committee would increase his chances of release, he would rather stay in jail than confess to something he didn't do (again).
For the most part, it seems like the pair were the victims of the same corrupt police practices that originally landed Fritz and Williamson in prison, especially the case built against them by Peterson and the amount of evidence the district attorney withheld from the jury (he alleged it was not done on purpose). According to Grisham, their conviction was "all about winning," not about the truth, nabbing the real killer, or what was right. As it stands now, the state is set to review Ward's latest postconviction filing at some point in 2019 (reminder: he's been in prison for 34 years at this point). Fontenot is still awaiting a response to his federal appeal.
