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Senate
Resolution 336
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Fort of the 39th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
Georgia State University College of Law student Cliff Williams; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Cliff is currently a third year law student at Georgia State University College
of Law; and
WHEREAS,
Cliff worked as an intern with the Georgia Innocence Project, which is an
organization founded in 2002 by two Georgia State University College of Law
alumni; and
WHEREAS,
Cliff led the effort to free wrongfully imprisoned Pete Williams, who was
incarcerated for nearly 22 years; and
WHEREAS,
Cliff spent months researching and exchanging letters with Mr. Williams and
ultimately found the evidence used at trial that ultimately exonerated Mr.
Williams; and
WHEREAS,
Cliff persuaded the judge to order DNA tests and anxiously awaited the results
that came two months later, which concluded that Mr. Williams´s DNA did not
match the DNA found at the crime scene; and
WHEREAS,
upon graduation, Cliff is interested in pursuing a career in criminal defense,
beginning in a public defender´s office in Georgia.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
Cliff Williams for his incredible efforts in freeing Mr. Pete Williams after
spending more than 22 years in prison for a crime he did not
commit.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Cliff Williams.