Terry Williams (murderer)
Terrance Williams | |
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| Born | February 27, 1966 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Convictions | Third-degree murder (overturned) First-degree murder (1984) |
| Criminal penalty | Death, commuted to life imprisonment without parole |
| Imprisoned at | State Correctional Institution – Phoenix |
Terrance "Terry" Williams (born February 27, 1966, in Pennsylvania) is a prisoner who was sentenced to death for a murder committed at the age of 18. He was also convicted and sentenced to 27 years for a third-degree murder he committed six months earlier. He was scheduled to be executed on October 3, 2012; on September 28, 2012, a Philadelphia judge, Teresa Sarmina, granted a stay of execution. His death sentence was overturned on June 9, 2016, by the U.S. Supreme Court via Williams v. Pennsylvania, and he was resentenced to life imprisonment without parole.