Convicted killer Wayne Williams wants retrial

[CatWoman]

I hope he gets it -- I was never convinced he murdered all those people.

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.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/copbriefs/index.html#a

[Forkboy]

1. i've heard some stuff awhile ago that cast some doubts on his guilt

I can't remember where (on tv I think).

I hope he gets a new trial.

[CatWoman]

3. Hey Smart Ass!!!

er, Wise Ass, that is :hi:

[Jim Sagle]

2. You're not convinced he's guilty, BUT didn't the killings stop as soon as

he was jailed?

[CatWoman]

4. and your point is?

Was Jack the Ripper captured?

Is that why all the murders in White Chapel ceased?

[radwriter0555]

5. Author Dave McGowan also found that the charges against Williams were

BOGUS...

SNIP

"Popular mythology holds that Wayne Williams was convicted of the "Atlanta Child Murders." In reality, however, Williams was never charged with, let alone convicted of, the murder of a single child -- for the simple reason that the state of Georgia had no case. Williams was brought to trial for the murder of two adults, but the state did not have much of a case to support those charges either. To compensate for the lack of an actual case, prosecutors successfully muddied the waters and inflamed the jury by introducing evidence of no fewer than ten uncharged child homicides. Georgia Supreme Court Justice George Smith later commented that Williams assumed an “unenviable position as a defendant who, charged with two murders, was forced to defend himself as to 12 separate killings.” "

http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr48.html