Who remembers Wayne Williams?


Blacknbengal

Blacknbengal

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Convicted killer Wayne Williams wants retrial

A motion filed in federal court in Atlanta says convicted killer Wayne Williams deserves a new trial because evidence used to convict him has now been found to be unreliable.

Williams' new lawyers also contended that Fulton County prosecutors failed to turn over evidence at trial that implicated other suspects and that could have been used to undermine the credibility of key state witnesses. The Monday filing claims that expert testimony about carpet fibers introduced as evidence to tie Williams to the crimes is unworthy of belief.

Williams, 45, was convicted in 1984 for the murder of two men and was blamed for killing 24 other young Atlanta black people between 1979 and 1981. Many of the slayings were of children, terrified the city and sparked an unparalleled law-enforcement investigation. Williams has long proclaimed his innocence and accused members of the Ku Klux Klan of the killings.

"This is the first time the federal courts have had a chance to review this case," said Atlanta lawyer Jack Martin, one of Williams' lawyers.

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I grew up during that era in the ATL. I even knew a couple of the children that were murdered. I will never forget that.
 



My friend, who's a pastor in Griffin, lived in Decatur growing up. He told me about when him and his older brother where playing somewhere. He said that they were walking home and Wayne pulled up in a blue car and opened the door and told them to get in. He said immediately that they ran through an open field to get away from him. I asked him was he sure it was Wayne. He told me absolutely, cause he wasnt that young to forget him.
 
I too was growing up in metro Atlanta around that time. I remember when a body was left on side of the road in Rockdale County, which is closer to where I lived than it is to Atlanta.
 
I read about this story and saw the television mini-series about it. Looking at all the evidence, it seems that Williams killed some, but not most of the boys.
 
Originally posted by Blacknbengal
My friend, who's a pastor in Griffin, lived in Decatur growing up. He told me about when him and his older brother where playing somewhere. He said that they were walking home and Wayne pulled up in a blue car and opened the door and told them to get in. He said immediately that they ran through an open field to get away from him. I asked him was he sure it was Wayne. He told me absolutely, cause he wasnt that young to forget him.
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Whooaa, really? :shame:
 
Originally posted by Blacknbengal
Yep. He said he thinks alot of how one of those kids could have been him or his brother.
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Man Wayne grew up less than ten miles from my house so I thank god everyday that I was not a victim. It was truly a scary time. I bet if you did a study on this you would find that allot of kids who grew up in the Atl during this time had some type of effect of this situation. I still remember walking home from the store one day and this blue station wagon pulled up and we took off screaming. Man my oldest brother always carried a big stick with him he just chunked at the car and took off.
 
Originally posted by JSU/99
Looking at all the evidence, it seems that Williams killed some, but not most of the boys.
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I agree. Wms was a scapegoat for a lot of those murders, because the city had to do something to stop the mass fear. Surely, if there was any kind of evidence to actually link Wms. to all those murders, he would have been charged. But he wasn't charged in 25 of those murders. So..........
 
Originally posted by CEE DOG
I grew up during that era in the ATL. I even knew a couple of the children that were murdered. I will never forget that.
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I remember seeing the movie.
I was afraid to go to the bus stop for a month. Literally.
My Dad started driving me to school.
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~Astrya
 
Originally posted by mighty hornet
I agree. Wms was a scapegoat for a lot of those murders, because the city had to do something to stop the mass fear. Surely, if there was any kind of evidence to actually link Wms. to all those murders, he would have been charged. But he wasn't charged in 25 of those murders. So..........
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I'll cosign. I remember this well too and remember where I was when the word got out that he was convicted. I was at a basketball game in Dacula which is 30 miles east of Atlanta. I think that there is a lot more to the story. I am not the only one who feels this way.
 
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