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William Barnes Acquitted of a 41-Year-Old Crime

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Who killed Walter Barclay? According to a May 21 jury decision, it was not William Barnes. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in November 1966, then-police officer Barclay was responding to reports of a prowler when he found Barnes attempting to burglarize a Philadelphia beauty salon. Barnes shot Barclay, was convicted of attempted murder, served 16 years, and was released on parole. Barclay survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down. Since serving his time, Barnes tried to make up for his criminal record. He was living in a halfway house and worked in a supermarket. He also gave lectures at Temple University and Eastern State Penitentiary about his desire to turn his life around. But when Walter Barclay died of a urinary tract infection that medical examiners claimed was directly related to the original shooting, 41 year after the fact, Barnes was arrested and put on trial for the murder of Walter Barclay...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).