22-05-2018 21:09 via topix.com

Man set free 2 decades after Shreveport pizza deliveryman's murder

A Louisiana judge has ordered the release of an inmate whose attorneys have accused prosecutors of withholding "staggering" evidence of the man's innocence in a pizza deliveryman's killing two decades ago. Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart agreed to a joint resolution in Corey Williams ' case that called for his immediate release from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in exchange for a plea to lesser offenses, according to defense attorney Amir Ali.
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