What happened to Christopher Williams? Exonerated Philadelphia man killed a year after release from prison

Christopher Williams, an excused Philadelphia man who spent almost thirty years in jail before he was delivered last year, was lethally shot last week, specialists said in a proclamation.

On Friday, December 16, Christopher Williams, 62, was shot in the head while going to a memorial service at Mount Harmony Graveyard at 2:20 pm.

Willaims, who was cleared subsequent to being indicted for four killings, was articulated dead a couple of moments after he was taken to an area clinic.

On Wednesday, December 21, Philadelphia police affirmed the demise of Willaims and said they presently can’t seem to make a capture in association with the homicide.

Spend 30 years in prison for crime he did not do. I have to get it out as a freeman he was shot and killed in Philadelphia. Christopher Williams Rest in power king. https://t.co/S8W7MPXiQh

— Don Salmon (@dijoni) December 19, 2022

Christopher Williams spent over twenty years waiting for capital punishment prior to being excused On Friday, December 16, Christopher Williams, an illegitimately sentenced man who burned through 25 years waiting for capital punishment, was lethally shot in the head while going to a memorial service in Mount Harmony Burial ground in Philadelphia.

Williams, who was delivered on February 2021, was killed as he got out of his vehicle, which was essential for the burial service parade.

Williams, a dad of six who was filling in as a woodworker subsequent to being set free from jail, was articulated dead minutes after he was raced to Sanctuary College Clinic.

Williams and a codefendant, Troy Coulston, were sentenced in 1992 for the homicide of Michael Haynesworth, who was killed in 1989. The next year, the couple was sentenced again for a triple homicide and went through years in jail. William and Coulston were vindicated in view of proof that uncovered forced declaration procured by offering a diminished sentence to a crook.

Christopher Williams — a Philadelphia man who was exonerated after wrongfully serving 30 yrs in prison for murder — was shot and killed at the age of 62. Christopher was a father of five and had numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Rest In Power, Christopher 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/XUY0Q4CuMt

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 17, 2022

The investigators likewise covered essential data that was never uncovered to the protection legal counselors. According to the New York Post, Williams purportedly still visited the detainees at the jail after he was delivered and upheld for individuals who were unfairly indicted. In an explanation, Willaims’ dispossessed child, Christopher Hartwell, said: “Discussing the year and eight months I had him around here, he showed me how to be a superior man. He assisted me with being a superior dad myself.”

According to NBC, Williams’ long-term lawyer, Stuart Lev, likewise made an announcement grieving his client’s demise.

“It’s unimaginably sad. This person went through a long time in jail, 25 years waiting for capital punishment, for wrongdoings he didn’t carry out, on the grounds that the framework falls flat.”

25yrs on death row. 30yrs in prison before exonerated&released from prison in Feb,2021. Christopher Williams,61yrs old when free for first time since arrest at age 29. He didn’t live full two years free,before shot&killed on Lehigh Ave Friday afternoon at age 62. @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/uj5R0xUGL7

— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) December 19, 2022

He added: “He continued to battle, and he wouldn’t surrender. He recently continued demanding that he continue attempting various approaches to battling. Whether that was to keep his expectations up or that was only his own assurance and constancy, that is the thing he did. He buckled down with his legal counselors to ensure his attorneys continued to do that, as well.”

According to NBC, Christopher Williams purportedly tried to begin a project worker business and recruit liberated convicts before he was killed.