DNA Testing Allowed in Atlanta KillingsATLANTA Jan 30, 2007 (AP)— State lawyers have agreed to allow DNA testing of dog hair that was used to convict Wayne Williams, who has been blamed for the murders of two dozen children and young men in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Williams was convicted in 1982 of murdering Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Afterward, officials declared Williams responsible for 22 other deaths and those cases were closed.
The decision Monday to allow DNA testing came in a response to a filing as part of Williams' efforts to appeal his conviction and life sentence.
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Tuesday, January 30
DNA testing in Atlanta child murders
I don't think any Atlanta news outlets have picked this up yet.
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I heard something about it on WABE this am. Or maybe it was WSB. Easy to confuse the two!
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