Remembering a Death Row Exonoree

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Monday, 04 March 2013

Remembering a Death Row Exonoree

That's the title of David Protess' latest essay at Huffington Post. He's the president of the Chicago Innocence Project.

"Dennis Williams, a former death-row inmate whose exoneration became a rallying cry for opponents of the death penalty in Illinois, died on Thursday at his home. He was 46. An autopsy has not yet been performed..." -- The New York Times: March 25, 2003

To outsiders a decade ago this month, Dennis Williams had it all. He was vibrant and gregarious, with a sharp wit and infectious laugh. Women were drawn to him, and his latest "fiancee," Alicia, was as bright as she was beautiful.

Related posts are in the exoneration, innocence, and wrongful incarceration indexes.

Monday, 04 March 2013 at 01:22 PM in Blog Blawg, In Memoriam, Incarceration, Innocence, Specific Case, Wrongful Incarceration | Permalink

Tags: Chicago Innocence Project, David Protess, Dennis Williams, exoneration, Ford Heights Four, Huffington Post, Illinois, in memoriam, incarceration, innocence, wrongful incarceration

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