‘Freedom time’ - George Williams released from 50-year wait in prison without trial

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‘Freedom time’ - George Williams released from 50-year wait in prison without trial

George Williams had his first meal in 50 years outside of prison walls on Wednesday after a St Catherine Circuit Court judge upheld a notice of abandonment in his murder case. “Freedom time,” was all the grey-haired Williams could manage to say as...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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