Latasha Pyatt was jubilant outside a Gwinnett County courtroom Tuesday just moments after learning her fiancé, Danyel Smith, would be released on bond after 24 years in jail. In 2003, Smith was found guilty of murdering his infant son Chandler. The conviction was based on medical experts’ diagnosis that the baby’s death was a result […]
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After 22 Years Behind Bars, a Georgia Man’s Fight for a New Trial Isn’t Over
After spending over 20 years incarcerated for a crime he says he didn’t commit, Danyel Smith had hoped to celebrate his first Thanksgiving at home this November. However, despite a recent victory at the Supreme Court of Georgia, it is likely he will remain incarcerated for the rest of the year. “I jokingly told him […]
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A Georgia Father Claims He Didn’t Kill His Infant Son. Will the State Supreme Court Believe Him?
Ester Clark has been living a nightmare for the past 22 years, ever since her grandson Danyel Smith was sentenced to life behind bars for the death of his infant son — a tragedy they both say he did not cause. “They never tried to find out what really happened,” Clark, 81, told Capital B Atlanta […]
