Louisiana native and sensational singer, Archie Williams, is moving to the season finale of America’s Got Talent. He spent most of his life behind bars for crimes he didn't commit.
The 60-year-old narrowly beat Washington, D.C., percussionist Malik "DOPE" Stewart as one of three semi-finalists in Wednesday’s hour-long episode.
Williams’ heartfelt rendition of “Flying without Wings” won him a spot in the season finale with silk-acrobat Alan Silva.
The judges are putting @Archieisfree through to the #AGT finale! pic.twitter.com/BGHj7qfOWW
— America’s Got Talent⁷ -- (@AGT) September 10, 2020Williams is a Baton Rouge native, who was wrongfully convicted of the rape and stabbing of a woman back in 1982, when he was 22-years old.
He was serving life in prison without parole until the Innocence Project and Innocence Project of New Orleans got involved with his case. Fingerprint analysts proved his innocence and on March 14, 2019. Williams was exonerated after serving 36 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Williams shared his life story as he sang his way through the America’s Got Talent competition.
Viewers voted him into the finals, which airs Tuesday, September 22 on NBC.
