A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of multiple murders, was shot and killed in Philadelphia almost two years after being released, family members confirmed.
Testimony from two men, one of whom was testifying in exchange for more lenient sentencing in his own six murder cases, had linked Williams and Wilson to the murders.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit also discovered there was a significant amount of evidence in Williams’ favor that had been withheld from the initial trial, including reports of alternate suspects and accounts that contradicted those of the men who testified against him. They also uncovered evidence showing the two men who testified against Williams had been induced to testify by the Commonwealth.
Despite this however, Williams remained in prison on the Haynesworth conviction. The CIU then revisited that case and found that the testimony against Williams was inconsistent with the available physical evidence.
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