Advocates for child victims of sexual abuse are calling on Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Corbett to grant clemency to Terrance "Terry" Williams, who is
scheduled to be executed on October 3. In 1986, Williams was convicted
of killing Amos Norwood. What the jury in that case did not know is that
Norwood had sexually abused Williams and had allegedly violently raped
him the night before. Furthermore, Williams had suffered years of
physical and sexual abuse by older males. Most recently, evidence has
emerged that prosecutors tried to make robbery seem like the motive for
the murder, even though Williams’ co-defendant knew about the sexual
abuse. A hearing on this part of the case is set to take place today in
Philadelphia. Now, as Williams’ execution is set to take place in less
than a month, five of the jurors in his case have since come forward to
say they believe life without parole would have been the appropriate
sentence because they did not know all the facts.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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