ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An uncle and nephew who have been imprisoned for 42 years for a Florida murder have had their convictions vacated because prosecutors say they no longer believed in their guilt.
The convictions of 76-year-old Clifford Williams and 61-year-old Hubert Myers were vacated by a judge Thursday in Jacksonville.
The men were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1976 fatal shooting of Jeanette Williams and the attempted murder of her girlfriend, Nina Marshall. Both were asleep in bed at the time of the shooting.
Williams died instantly and Marshall was able to flag down a car that drove her to a hospital. She identified Williams and Myers as the shooters.
The men claimed they had been at a birthday party a block from the shooting, and other party-goers backed up their alibis.