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The Case of Willie "Pete" Williams
📻 Episode #153
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 31, 2020
About This Episode
In the spring of 1985, a rapist with a very specific M.O. was on the loose along a stretch of Roswell Road between the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. Somehow it did not matter to the less than scrupulous district attorney when the attacks continued after a composite sketch nabbed the wrong man.
The Case
In the spring of 1985, a rapist with a very specific M.O. was on the loose along a stretch of Roswell Road between the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. Somehow it did not matter to the less than scrupulous district attorney when the attacks continued after a composite sketch nabbed the wrong man.
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00:03:59“Speaker 1: forced her back into the car, then drove her at Speaker 1: gunpoint to a dead end street where he raped her. Speaker 1: Then he drove her back to her apartment complex, and Speaker 1: then he left on foot. So the victim then went Speaker 1: to the police and the hospital for a rape kid”
00:15:39“Speaker 4: And that was the prosecutor that put mister Williams away. Speaker 1: So, I mean, it's just an unbelievable twist of fate Speaker 1: right that the guy who was responsible for ruining your Speaker 1: life ends up inmate. The Pacers Foundation is a proud Speaker 1: supporter of this episode and of the Last Mile organization,”
00:27:11“Speaker 1: The number of people that vote in these races is Speaker 1: so small that if you don't think your vote makes Speaker 1: a difference, it does. I mean we've seen races that Speaker 1: ended up in a dead heat like Tiede. You know, Speaker 1: like your vote is important and if one of these”
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