Article 60PRH Black Teen Executed 91 Years Ago Receives Posthumous Exoneration

Black Teen Executed 91 Years Ago Receives Posthumous Exoneration

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Kalyn Womack
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Alexander McClay Williams was 16 when he was sentenced to death for the murder of his teacher in 1930. Now, nearly one hundred years later, the murder charge has been vacated and Williams was exonerated, according to ABC 6 News. Defense attorney Robert Keller called the situation racial profiling but the execution of...

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