Here's everything you need to know about AGT contestant Archie Williams, who was exonerated & freed from prison after serving over 36 years for a crime he didn't commit.
from the first moment he took the stage Tuesday. ET is breaking down everything you need to know about the performer.with his impressive vocal talent and his triumph over injustice.
The crime was committed in December 1982 in Louisiana, and soon after, Williams was arrested and prosecuted, despite the fact that physical evidence, namely fingerprints, did not match his own, and there were witnesses who testified that he was at his own home the night of the attack. "You had the choice to be either strong or weak, because you will be tried, and tested," Williams said onTo deal with his incarceration, Williams started a band in prison, where he started to sing gospel music. Speaking with NPR, Williams said it was the first place he'd been able to explore that talent, and finding music, despite his circumstances,"Was like a new birth there."host Terry Crews."I went to prison but I never let my mind go to prison.
"It makes me feel wonderful," he said about singing onstage."People accepting me and my gift and knowing that I can touch people."When it came time to take the stage and sing his heart out on thestage, Williams turned to a classic Elton John tune,"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," which took on a new level of gravitas and importance given his own backstory.
Cowell was equally effusive, telling Williams,"You're a very, very courageous person… and you have a really good voice. You really, really do."
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