Talk:James Arthur Williams

Needs substantial re-write
Despite giving a second book as reference, I'm pretty confident every single thing in this article comes straight out of the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". At the end of that book the author, John Berendt, notes: "Though this is a work of non-fiction, I have taken certain storytelling liberties..." It's an excellent book, but as one that takes such liberties, really shouldn't serve as sole source for a Wikipedia article. However, if you do keep the article as it is, I can at least provide page references to all its claims, which it needs at the moment... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.28.169 (talk) 07:54, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Wrong
As of May 3rd, 2016, this article contains the following sentence: QUOTE The judgment was overturned and a new trial was ordered. UNQUOTE

That's wrong. In a CRIMINAL case (not a CIVIL case), it is a VERDICT that will be overturned on appeal, not a JUDGMENT.2604:2000:C682:B600:41FE:2E08:8595:95D6 (talk) 23:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

Why?
"Reportedly, Williams fell dead in the same spot where he would have fallen eight years earlier had Danny Hansford actually fired the gun and shot him." This sentence, in the Death section of the article, is the only mention of Hansford's having a gun and attempting to shoot Williams. In fact, nowhere in the article is there an explanation of why Hansford was shot or why Williams was accused -- or even what Williams was tried for or why he was acquitted, though the sentence quoted above seems to indicate that he was accused of murder, but was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. Explanation, please. 71.235.184.247 (talk) 13:55, 24 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I was just going to bring that up on the talk page. The sentence "Reportedly, Williams fell dead in the same spot where he would have fallen eight years earlier had Danny Hansford actually fired the gun and shot him."  comes out of nowhere.  There is nothing before this of this gun.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:22, 18 February 2020 (UTC)


 * The implication is that Williams claimed that the other guy shot at him at first, but that isn't in the article. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 20:12, 19 February 2020 (UTC)