News St. Louis Post Dispatch

St. Louis man freed after serving 20 years for murder

Jul 3, 2014

A St. Louis man who had his sentence of life without parole vacated by a judge last month walked free Thursday after a compromise with prosecutors that saw him resentenced to the 20 years he’d already spent in prison for a 1993 murder.

Anthony Williams, who still asserts his innoc

By The Liberty Team /

Jul 3, 2014

A St. Louis man who had his sentence of life without parole vacated by a judge last month walked free Thursday after a compromise with prosecutors that saw him resentenced to the 20 years he’d already spent in prison for a 1993 murder.

Anthony Williams, who still asserts his innocence despite agreeing to the compromise, laughed and hugged family, friends and supporters outside the St. Louis Justice Center less than an hour after a brief hearing in St. Louis Circuit Court.

“I haven’t slept for two weeks with the thought that I might be home,” Williams said.

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