{"id":264997,"date":"2020-05-26T16:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T21:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/elton-john-moved-to-tears-by-wrongly-imprisoned-mans-agt-performance"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T21:19:50","slug":"elton-john-moved-to-tears-by-wrongly-imprisoned-mans-agt-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/elton-john-moved-to-tears-by-wrongly-imprisoned-mans-agt-performance","title":{"rendered":"Elton John &#039;Moved to Tears&#039; by Wrongly Imprisoned Man&#039;s &#039;AGT&#039; Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-161566\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.3585014409\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.2693032015\">\n<section id=\"cb-2a97522a1c19aabcfa74d32096f74bc2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"America...\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elton-John-039Moved-to-Tears039-by-Wrongly-Imprisoned-Man039s-039AGT039-Performance.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"America...\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-03a149452b88b817530c8d6562847540\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.1081081081\">\n<p><strong>Archie Williams<\/strong> has a second chance at life after spending nearly 4 decades locked up for a crime he didn\u2019t commit \u2026 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elton-john\/\"><strong>Elton John<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s here for it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2fb5ca5b3b47affd5a21cf5d0d5db4f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Archie\u2019s already the fan favorite for the new season of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent,\u201d not only because of his smooth and soulful singing voice, but because of his incredible backstory that has everyone pulling for him \u2026 including Sir Elton.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6faf4355bd55ee4c17d29fed265cce05\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"America's Got Talent\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1590526631_349_Elton-John-039Moved-to-Tears039-by-Wrongly-Imprisoned-Man039s-039AGT039-Performance.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"America's Got Talent\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2e280b463802c4050473cea1a4c57de4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>\u2018AGT\u2019 released Archie\u2019s segment \u2014 including his performance of John\u2019s 1974 hit, \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Sun Go Down on Me\u201d \u2014 to hype up the return of the talent competition Tuesday night \u2026 and Elton said he was \u201cmoved to tears\u201d by it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-419b833fc8d1e44456351f288e6c5b44\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.3150684932\">\n<p>He added \u2026 \u201cThe courage and forgiveness shown by him is truly inspiring. The same spirit that the world found so inspiring with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nelson-mandela\/\"><strong>Nelson Mandela<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7fbf414ce2eae8e4848cbc0f7fb56ba2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-269ea37e7680631591f82e5760064bbd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Here\u2019s Williams\u2019s story \u2014 when he was 22, he was accused of raping and stabbing a white woman in Baton Rouge. Despite being home asleep at the time of the assault \u2014 and having no connection to the crime scene \u2014 the woman repeatedly ID\u2019d him as her rapist.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-18d5b8883e317ad7ee387344b8ac8c26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Archie was convicted in 1983 for attempted murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary and sentenced to life in prison without parole.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-90e8faa4d67e2859094b107f640ccacd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Thankfully, the Innocence Project took up his case in the \u201990s, and after years of working on it \u2026 Archie was finally exonerated by DNA evidence in early 2019. He spent nearly 37 years in a Louisiana prison before the charges were dropped and he was freed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-730d31fe77f67d00574cc4e8d69a1490\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Archie\u2019s performance shows he has the attitude, and the voice, to start making up for the years taken away from him. Maybe the easiest \u2018YES\u2019 votes ever for the \u2018AGT\u2019 judges.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/05\/26\/elton-john-moved-to-tears-archie-williams-wrongfully-convicted-agt-performance\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/elton-john-moved-to-tears-by-wrongly-imprisoned-mans-agt-performance\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archie Williams has a second chance at life after spending nearly 4 decades locked up for a crime he didn\u2019t commit \u2026 and Elton John\u2018s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}