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Atlanta's Mayor pushes for review in 'Child Murders' cases
Wayne Williams was given two life sentences in 1982 for crimes
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In this May 24, 1999 file photo, convicted killer Wayne Williams poses along the fence line at Valdosta Sate Prison, Valdosta, Ga. Atlanta’s mayor and chief of police are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders from 1979 to 1981 that terrorized the city’s black community. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Police Chief Erika Shields announced Thursday, March 21, 2019, that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will review evidence in the so-called “Atlanta Child Murders." - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Atlanta's mayor and police chief are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders that terrorized the city's black community between 1979 and 1981.
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