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ATLANTA (AP) — Wayne Williams, convicted of two murders and suspected of many more in the series of killings of young blacks that rocked the city in 1979-81. Just his first chance at pa role, state of ficials announced Friday. The Georgia Board of Par dons and Paroles announced that it had denied parole for Williams, 29, who is serving two life sentences at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson. Spokesman Silas Moore said the board in formed Williams of its decision in a letter mailed Wednesday. Williams’ attorney, Lynn Whatley, said the board's deci sion was not disappointing be cause the board routinely denies parole on an inmate's first review. “I think it was done in a manner of course, what they do for all inmates,” Whatley said, “It doesn't disappoint us, doesn't take away our momen tum.” Whatley said he and Williams are more concerned with ap pealing his convictions for the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne. Williams
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Sat, Jun 04, 1988
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