Archie Williams Biography | Archie Williams Wikipedia
Archie Williams is an America’s Got Talent Contender from Lousiana, USA who was convicted for a crime he did not commit in the year 1983 at 22 years old. Archie made his America’s Got Talent debut on May 26, 2020, and received a standing ovation from both the judges and the fans.
In the new season of America’s Got Talent, Archie reveals he was wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. He even said that he visualized himself performing on the show while he was in prison.
Archie Williams Age
Archie is currently 59 years old as of 2020. His exact date of birth is currently still a mystery at the moment. However, Archie was 22 years old at the time of his conviction in the year 1983.
Archie Williams Height
Archie appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Archie Williams Family
Archie is actually a Lousiana native. However, information about his family and his early life still remains a mystery for us. He was a convict for almost four decades so he spent most of his life in prison unfortunately for a crime e did not commit. However, he is a free man now and we are keeping tabs on him, this information will be updated as soon as its available.
Archie Williams Wife
Archie likes to keep her personal life private hence information about his dating life is under research. It is not known whether he is married, dating, or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Archie Williams America’s Got Talent
AGT contender Archie Williams is stunning the world with a performance inspired by a story of incredible grit. Ahead of the premiere of season 15, AGT released a preview of Williams’s incredible journey to the competition show’s stage. The audition began as any ordinary audition would but immediately became a stand out when Williams revealed that for nearly 37 years, he was imprisoned in Louisiana for a rape that he didn’t commit.
One year after he has freed thanks to DNA results, the 59-year-old moved the crowd with an emotional rendition of Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” Before he went on stage, Williams revealed in the AGT clip that this moment is a longtime dream of his.
Williams said that while in prison, he would watch episodes of America’s Got Talent and he would visualize himself being up on that stage. Now, he’s making his dream come true—as a free man. But before he made his way to AGT’s national stage, he tried his luck at Apollo Theater in New York in October 2019, just seven months after his release.
Williams has said that he has received countless messages since his preview aired. “I want you to know that I am deeply touched by all the love and appreciate your support,” he wrote on his Instagram.
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Archie Williams Conviction
In 1983, at the age of 22, Williams was convicted of rape after he was misidentified in a police lineup, according to The Innocence Project, the nonprofit organization that worked to free him.
“I couldn’t believe it was really happening. I knew I was innocent, I didn’t commit a crime,” Williams said in the preview of the show’s upcoming season. “Being a poor black kid, I didn’t have the economic ability to fight the state of Louisiana.” He was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole.
The Louisiana native also opened up about how he survived nearly four decades in prison. Twelve years after his wrongful conviction, Williams wrote a letter to Barry Scheck, the co-founder of Innocence project, pleading for someone to take a chance on him and hear his story.
From that moment, the Innocence Project partnered with its New Orleans chapter and worked for more than 10 years to vacate his case and request DNA testing, but for the majority of those years, they had no success. What made all the difference in Williams’s case? Fingerprint testing.
After the Innocence Project advocated on William’s behalf, Baton Rouge Commissioner Kinasiyumki Kimble finally ordered the state to run the fingerprints left at the scene against those in the FBI database, and there was a match and it wasn’t Archie Williams. “Within hours” the crime was linked to another man, a serial rapist at the time, and Williams was freed.
Archie Williams America’s Got Talent Audition
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