Falsely Accused Man Finds Freedom from Prison of Hate, through the Lord and Song
“Singing was like being out here, in a sense. It freed me from all the things, from all the fights, from the officers who were cruel, prison, [and] stabbings.”
(Atlanta, GA)—Through a series of mistaken witness identifications, 23-year-old Willie "Pete" Williams, one night, suddenly found himself being falsely accused, and then convicted, of harsh crimes he did not commit—and was sentenced to prison.
Williams was put behind bars to serve 45 years, and yet he was innocent. "I felt betrayed, I felt like these people had taken my life for something I didn't do," he later told the media. "I felt like I was being treated unfairly. I felt very, very angry towards everybody."
More than ten years of fury built up in Williams’ heart before a close friend helped him join a Christian choir. He finally laid down his anger when he came to know the Lord, and began to sing.
"Singing was like being out here, in a sense,” explained Williams. "It freed me from all the things, from all the fights, from the officers who were cruel, prison, and stabbings."
Then after 22 years in prison, Williams was acquitted and released after a DNA test showed he was innocent.
