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Eyewitnesses give their accounts of killing
Allegation of jury tampering made
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Joseph Williams takes the stand Wednesday morning in his defense of the malice murder charges for killing Adrian Thompson in the parking lot of Pepper’s Grocery & Market on June 3, 2013.
Taking the stand in his defense Wednesday, Joseph Williams said he was a “scared man shooting for his life” when he gunned down 37-year-old Adrian Thompson. But by his own admission, his fear went beyond the immediate threat to his life on that June 3, 2013, afternoon. “I was afraid that if I had not took the desperate measure that I took that Adrian was going to come back and do something,” he said.
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Update: I-985 southbound reopens after closing due to separate vehicle fire, crash
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Lanes have reopened after a vehicle fire and crash Friday, April 4, caused both southbound lanes of Interstate 985 to be blocked in the Flowery Branch area.
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