Jim Williams

JIM'S CONVICTIONS 

- His first murder conviction came in February 1982. He appealed.

- A re-trial brought another conviction. He was sentenced to life in prison Oct. 8, 1983.

- The Georgia Supreme Court ordered a new (third) trial, which ended in a June 1987 mistrial.

- A May 1989 trial in Augusta ended in his acquittal.

Feb. 4, 1982 Jim Williams greeted outside jail by mom and sister. 

Williams would become the first person to be tried four times for murder in the state of Georgia, according to John Berendt's book.

Williams barely had a year to celebrate when he was found dead in his Mercer House home Jan. 14, 1990. He was 59.

He died in the same room where he had shot Hansford.