Thursday, October 25, 2007

Willie "Pete" Williams


After serving 22 years (half his life) in a Georgia prison for a crime he did not commit, Willie "Pete" Williams was finally exonerated. Mr. Williams was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated sodomy of a woman at the age of 23 in 1985. The testimony of three eyewitnesses who claimed to recognize Williams as the attacker was the key reason for his conviction. Mr. Williams is 1 of 208 people to be successfully freed through the tireless efforts of the Innocence Project.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/25/innocence.project/index.html

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