Man who wrongly spent 25 years on death row is shot and killed after being released

They said the murder cases against Williams had included false testimony and that there was plenty of undisclosed evidence in the trial, condemning him to years behind bars as he awaited execution.

Williams had been imprisoned from the age of 29 to 61, spending 25 of those years on death row. [caption id="attachment_371542" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Christopher Williams spent a quarter of a century on death row (Twitter/@LEBenshoff)[/caption] After being freed last year, he worked as a carpenter and was in the process of seeking compensation against the state of Pennsylvania for his false imprisonment.