Justice for Terrell Williams

In the case of Terrell Williams vs People of the State of New York, A young black man was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for a murder of which he was wrongly convicted. The evidence and the issues within this botched case, prove how this case was mishandled by corrupt police. 

Various evidence provided by the prosecutors and/or detectives proved Terrell Williams’s innocence in this case. The CSU detectives said no DNA or finger prints where done in this case. Although paper work from the CSU reports shows, both category boxes where checked off (DNA & laten prints). This is a violation of Terrell’s 4th amendment right, that evidence can only be suppressed if a illegal search violated the person’s own constitutional right. Evidence in this case that would have proven Terrell’s innocence was missing because it was mishandled due to corrupt police practices. The video footage would have proven that Terrell was never at the crime scene and had nothing to do with this crime. The prosecution had a retention period of 14-21 days in which they could have gone back and received clear video footage from NYCHA, however they didn’t. Also 911 tapes/ sprint report, which would have proven there was never a description of the shooter given by police, who allegedly witnessed the crime take place. The only thing that did come out on the sprint report, was cops stating 3 “perps” were in custody. The prosecution could have simply retained these reports as well, within 180 days ,however once again they didn’t!! The DA and detectives in this case deprived Terrell of a fair trail by withholding evidence that was at their disposal. So because police were the eye witness in this case and allegedly said they saw him commit this crime, the case was closed???

The police and detectives conducted an botched indictment together from the start. Allegedly charging Terrell Williams with murder in the 2nd intentional homicide. The eye witness for the prosecution who was brought in to corroborate the polices story, testified he was threatened  and coerced by police, who told him if he didn’t cooperate he would be charged with this crime. This is another piece of evidence that proves from the start of this case that police didn’t know who to charge with this crime. Ironically newspapers and headlines in this case report police saw the crime being committed. From the testimonies given by the police they say the defendant had his arm straight out and shot into the victims chest 3 times. Forensics in this case shows that not one bullet was in his chest. One was recovered in the upper shoulder, which entered the victim’s body in a downward motion and three additional bullets where in the victims lower back. This is evidence of false police fabrication of a felony complaint, as in the case of Terrance Maxwell Jr.

The judge who oversaw the trial, saw the corruption and inconsistency in this case. When the defense argued that dismissing of evidence in this case was on the DA & polices hands, the judge agreed. The jury in this case came to an unanimous verdict at one point , in which they couldn’t come to a guilty or non-guilty verdict. The judge offered Terrell 5 years timed served. The DA agreed to this arrangement, however when he called his boss head DA (Eric Gonzalez) he denied the offer. Instead of declaring a mistrial the judge told the jury they had to continue to deliberate. The judge informed the jury “ That they have not really been deliberating long, that she understands the jurors are tried, but I’m telling you that, you have to continue to deliberate, okay? That’s what you have to do!!!” This statement “that’s what you have to do” implied that the jury had to continue to deliberate until they reached a verdict. As a general rule, the judge should not deviate from the standard Allen charge, see People v. Ramirez, 223 AD 656. This is an Allen charge, in which the court can not forcibly or coercively encourage the jury to continue deliberating until they reach a verdict.

These are just a few of the many issues in the case of Terrell Williams vs the People of New York. Thank you for taking the time to read this petition. Please sign and share with family and friends, so this innocent man can come home to his family where he belongs!