ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge Tuesday rejected a request by convicted killer Wayne Williams to reconsider the court’s denial of his challenge of his incarceration in the Atlanta child murders case from 25 years ago.U.S. District Judge Beverly Martin said that Williams has failed to show any new evidence that would suggest someone else committed the two murders for which he was convicted and the other 22 for which he was accused but never charged with.Between 1979 and 1981, 29 black boys and young men were killed in the Atlanta area. Williams was convicted in 1982 of murdering two young men and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Evidence of a pattern of conduct in 12 of the murders was used in his trial. Afterward, officials declared Williams responsible for 22 other deaths, and those cases were closed.Williams, who is black, has contended that he was framed. He has maintained that Atlanta officials covered up evidence of Ku Klux Klan involvement in the killings to avoid a race war in the city. Investigators have denied those claims.
Wayne Williams' Challenge Rejected
A federal judge Tuesday rejected a request by convicted killer Wayne Williams to reconsider the court#039;s denial of his challenge of his incarceration in the Atlanta child murders case.
