More than 90 years after he became the youngest person to be executed in Pennsylvania’s history, charges have been dismissed against a Black teen who was sentenced to death by an all-white jury.
During the 17 days between Williams’ arrest and Ridley’s appointment, the teen signed three separate murder confessions and had been interrogated five times without an attorney or parent present.
Ridley was paid $10 by the Court for expenses and had only 74 days to establish a defense for Williams, without any help from investigators, experts or resources. Officials say evidence in Williams’ favor was either ignored or unexamined, including a bloody handprint from a full-grown man that was found and photographed by state police near the door of the crime scene and examined by fingerprint experts but never publicly identified or mentioned during the trial.
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