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William Jennings

Case from Bessemer , AL dated Mar 01, 2022

Victim Details

William Jennings

Male

Bessemer

AL

2022-03-01

49

William

Jennings

06/23/2026

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In the turbulent environment of Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of 49-year-old William Eric Jennings, a male inmate, was violently extinguished. On the evening of March 1, 2022, Jennings was found unresponsive within the confines of his two-man cell. It was determined that he had been subjected to a brutal assault, succumbing to blunt force trauma inflicted by another inmate. His death was officially ruled a homicide, prompting an investigation by the Alabama Depar ...
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  • Inmate serving a life sentence for 1993 murder dies
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