Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ghostface Killah has passed comment on Grant Willams’ exoneration, after the group’s associate served 23 years in prison.A Staten Island jury convicted Williams in 1997 for the murder of Shdell Lewis the previous year.Williams, then 25 years old, had been identified as the assailant who wore a black jacket and Wu-Tang Clan hat, which prosecutors placed special emphasis on, given he had been employed at the group’s recording studio.
He was sentenced to life in prison, serving 23 years before his conviction was overturned on Thursday July 22.Ghostface Killah – a close friend of Williams – said the decision to overturn the conviction felt “like a ton of bricks being lifted”, per Staten Island Advance.“I missed him.
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