Lionel ray williams, once a young pizza delivery driver with an extensive criminal history, was convicted in march 1979. Unseen innocence sheds light on the truth. Lionel williams became the prime suspect after his wife told authorities that he came home covered in blood the night of the murder.
Lionel Ray Williams
Williams was arrested, and in 1979 he was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for the murder of mineo.
He was also found guilty of committing 10 robberies.
The arrest did nothing to quell the conspiracy theories. To book lionel raymond williams for speaking engagements or to view the screener for unseen innocence, contact dr. In 1976, williams' life changed when he was wrongfully convicted of actor sal mineo's murder. Unseen innocence sheds light on the truth.
Lionel raymond williams is more than a father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend—a man whose life story is a profound testament to resilience and the relentless pursuit of justice. Unseen innocence is a documentary seeking to shed light on the tragic plight of lionel ray ray williams, a black man who served time for the 1976 murder of actor sal mineo. — lionel ray ray williams, author of 51 years to life. Sal mostly socialized with gay folks.
Sal was broke a while back.
He was on the upswing now. He'd scrounged theater gigs for the past two years. Lionel ray ray williams was convicted of the crime and spent 11 years in prison of his 51 year sentence. To this day, lionel maintains his innocence and a new documentary explores this possibility.
Three years later, pizza deliveryman lionel ray williams was convicted of the murder, in addition to a number of local robberies. I was hoping by now some one else would have added this one The lapd had conducted a thorough investigation into mineo's death and finally arrested a pizza deliveryman lionel ray williams, after the helm's killing. Not charged with the second killing, williams was tried and convicted for the actor's murder, based mainly on jailhouse conversations he was said to have made that were overheard by
Now in the guggenheim museum's permanent collection, lionel ray williams, a young pizza delivery man with a long criminal record, was convicted and sentenced in march 1979 to 51 years in prison for killing mineo and also for committing ten robberies.
Although considerable confusion existed as to what witnesses had seen in the dark the night Los angeles, march 15 (ap) — a pizza deliveryman, lionel williams, was sentenced today to at least 50 years in prison for killing sal mineo, the actor, and committing 10 robberies. Lionel ray williams is now a dedicated advocate for criminal justice reform, sharing his story of wrongful conviction and inspiring change. Lionel ray williams, sentenced in 1979 for the murder of actor sal mineo and multiple robberies, spent over a decade incarcerated before being paroled in 1990.
Police pursued multiple leads but assumed the crime to be the result of some sort of homosexual motivation. in march of 1979, lionel ray williams was sentenced to 57 years in prison for both killing mineo and committing ten robberies in the same area. Lionel was paroled in the 1990s. Mineo was murdered in the entrance way to his apartment building in west hollywood by lionel ray williams during the course of a botched robbery. At the time, the press, and even some law
Lionel ray ray williams seeks the truth to set him free from a wrongful conviction that sentenced him to 51 years to life.
Valerie lee now fighting for justice: Lionel 'ray ray' williams releases powerful memoir and documentary. October 11, 2024, 14:00 gmt In the aftermath of hollywood actor sal mineo's tragic murder, eyewitnesses described a 5'9 white man with blonde hair as the perpetrator.
Yet, a black man, standing at 5'5 with a large afro, found himself convicted and sentenced to 51 years. Public domain lionel ray williams is allegedly responsible for the stabbing death of sal mineo. Sal mineo was an actor, director, and singer who was murdered near his home in west hollywood in 1976 at the young age of 37. Mineo was born in 1939 into a family of italian immigrants living in the bronx.
his breakthrough role, which also garnered him an academy award nomination, came in 1955 when he played plato crawford in rebel without a cause, opposite to james dean. on
Three years later, pizza deliveryman lionel ray williams was arrested and convicted of the crime, based on little evidence considering that witnesses had seen a white man fleeing the scene and williams was black. The murder was such a scandal that, for some time, it overshadowed mineo's many accomplishments. But today, it is mineo's work In 1976, williams' life changed when he was wrongfully convicted of actor sal mineo's murder.
