Convicted Killer Eric Williams Files for New Death Penalty Trial in Texas
FORNEY, Texas — Eric Williams, a former Justice of the Peace, was convicted and sentenced to Texas’ Death Row in December of 2014 for the murders of Kaufman County DA Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. Williams filed a 169-page request for a new death penalty trial after being found guilty of the murders as well as the killing of prosecutor Mark Hasse. The murders of Mike and Cynthia McLelland occurred at their Forney home …