![]() ![]() It kept getting denied and don’t ask me why because I am as angry as you are here and it was not until 2007 that an appeals court ordered the testing finally be done, so that’s almost 11 more years but that test did not help him because the only DNA they could identify in the system was of E.A’s husband, so it was all back to square one. The Innocence Project finally in 1995, which is almost 11 years after being incarcerated, the Innocence Project in New York began re-examining his case and in 1996 filed a motion for DNA testing. I would appreciate any help that you could give, if its only readi9ng my case. I know that people must write you all the time but if you could or would please find it in your heart to help me. I’m trying hard because I know I am innocent.” I have been in Louisiana prison for 12 years and no one wants to help me because I don’t have any money. If I could get a DNA test, it would prove my innocence.” “I know that if only one of the people picked up my case and read it, they would know that I am not guilty, I am innocent. ![]() “People let you down and no one cares after about the first 2 years.” “As the years go by, I sit here year after years, it’s like no one cares.” Archie’s only hope was the innocence project, which let me remind you is always flooded with requests and letters from people yet he pleaded and kept writing for 11 years. When his conviction was first appealed in 1984, one year after he was arrested, the Louisiana Court of Appeals shot it down. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Archie Williams’ Sentencingĭespite the weakest case possible, on April 21, 1983, the jury convicted Williams of attempted murder, aggravated rape, and aggravated battery. The police testified that fingerprints found in the bedroom did not belong to Williams and yet the fluids found on the crimes scenes were not enough to be conclusive. His alibis were tight that confirmed that he was not at the crime scene but at home instead but because it was his family, they didn’t take it seriously. ![]()
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