Corbett needs to recall the death warrant until the re-sentencing of a man imprisoned before he was an adult.
...A Philadelphia judge (click here) on Friday vacated Williams' death sentence, finding that prosecutors hid evidence of the alleged sexual abuse at his 1986 murder trial and granting him a new sentencing hearing.
But Philadelphia's district attorney has appealed her stay and wants the 46-year-old Williams executed before his death warrant expires at midnight Wednesday.
Terrance “Terry” Williams at the age of 17 killed the men sexually abusing him. The evidence to the sexual abuse was never stated in Williams trial. Due to the fact sex abuse is an aggravation to any crime the likelihood of Williams getting a lesser sentence is very good.
Harrisburg, U.S.A. – Governor Tom Corbett (click here) has signed execution warrants for three men, each of whom were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.
Terry Ray Chamberlain, Andre Staton and David Richard Ramtahal are scheduled to be executed in October. They are incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Greene....
Terrance Williams should not be executed. He needs to be re-sentenced when the truth is told. The government willfully withheld evidence that would cause a far different outcome to his trial. The authorities in re-sentencing also needs to penalize those that committed FRAUD against Mr. Williams while nearly causing his death by a wrongful sentence after his trial.
Terrance “Terry” Williams (born 1968 in Pennsylvania) (click here) is a prisoner sentenced to death for amurder committed at the age of 18. He was convicted and sentenced to 27 years for a third-degree murder he committed six months earlier. He is scheduled to be executed on October 3, 2012.
Judge Halts Execution of Terrance Williams
A Philadelphia judge has halted Wednesday’s scheduled execution of death-row inmate Terrance “Terry” Williams and granted him a new sentencing hearing.
By David Chang | Friday, Sep 28, 2012
A Philadelphia judge has halted Wednesday’s scheduled execution of death-row inmate Terrance “Terry” Williams and granted him a new sentencing hearing.
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said Friday prosecutors suppressed evidence that Williams’ victim was an alleged pedophile who abused boys, including Williams.
However, Sarmina upheld Williams’ first-degree murder conviction.
Williams’ lawyers say police and prosecutors withheld evidence about the sexual link between him and victim Amos Norwood, so the jury never heard about it before voting for a death sentence.
Philadelphia prosecutors deny any wrongdoing in the 1986 trial.
Williams would be the first person executed involuntarily in Pennsylvania since 1962.
Tom Corbett will be breaking the law by executing Terrance Williams. The trial was misconducted when it came to his sentencing as a 17 year old. Executing a man who has known nothing but prison for his adult years when there is profound truth to the doubt of his sentencing would be an act of vindictiveness and not justice. Society should not allow such acts of vindictiveness exist in its criminal justice system ever. The USA is not about persecution of its inmates, it is about achieving justice for the crime they committed and the circumstances of which they committed it. Corbett is in serious reach of killing a man never deserving of it and being unfit for office. Corbett is not a jury and he should not put himself in the role of the executioner on a whim!
