Some felons get off on a technicality.
It is a complicated past that, had it been presented by a competent attorney at the time of his trial, might have ensured that the punishment Williams now faces was simply appropriate, rather than deeply unjust. A diagnosed schizophrenic, Williams hallucinates. He hears Signourney Weaver's voice in his jail cell. He crawls on his belly to communicate with imaginary frogs. But his court-appointed attorney never bothered to bring it up.