USA - Alabama. Judge Robert Smith ordered Herbert Williams, Jr. from death row to to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Circuit Judge Robert Smith ordered Herbert Williams, Jr. to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Williams, 41, black, was serving time on death row after a jury convicted him in 1990 of shooting to death Timothy Hasser in 1988. Prosecutors said Williams' attorneys have agreed to drop any further appeals of his conviction.