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Appeal Rejected in Atlanta Child Murders

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:42:35 PM

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge has rejected an appeal by an inmate who was blamed in a string of child murders and disappearances 25 years ago.

Wayne Williams, who was convicted of killing two men in 1982 and is serving life in prison, claimed that prosecutors withheld critical evidence that could have led to an acquittal.

But U.S. District Judge Beverly Martin wrote Wednesday that none of the allegedly withheld evidence "would have had more than a minimal impact upon the outcome of Mr. Williams' trial had it been presented to the jury."


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