1. The Defendant, Richard Sherman Williams #013568
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Richard arrived at the state prison, as a young man, for a relatively small offense.
As you can see from below he ended up staying a lot longer than originally anticipated. He was targeted after winning the strip cell case by the guards and their inmate thugs. Conditions in the prison were exteremely violent back then and Richard testified about the violent conditions in the prison when the Ad Hoc Committe held hearings.
2. The State Attorney, Eugene Whitworth
3. Assistent State Attorney, Kenneth Hebert
4. Public Defender, William Airth
5. The presiding Judge, Theron Yawn
6. State Attorney, Tomas Elwell
7. Public Defender, Mack Futch
8. Doyle Kemp
9. 1980 case presiding Judge, Buzzy Green
10. District Eight Medical Examiner, William Hamilton
11. Current 8th Circuit State Attorney William Cervone
