The Night of the Party

When Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were charged with the
murder of Jeanette “Baldie” Williams in Jacksonville, Florida on
May 2, 1976, neither of them were worried they would be convicted.
They had dozens of witnesses that could confirm that they had been
at a party when the shots were fired. But during their trial, not a
single one of those witnesses was asked to testify. The
prosecution’s entire case rested on the testimony of a woman named
Nina Marshall, who'd been in bed with Jeannette Williams at the
time of the shooting. Nina Marshall herself had been shot three
times, but said she recognized the men who had shot Jeanette
Williams, and that they were Nathan Myers and Clifford
Williams.  We speak with Nathan Myers, the director of
the Conviction Integrity Unit for Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit,
Shelley Thibodeau, and with forensic artist Jim McMillan. Say hello
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