“ To the rest of us,” said his attorney David Kochman, “Billy’s legacy will be his indomitable spirit of perseverance and positivity. Undeterred by the circumstances of his confinement, his beautiful spirit rose above to invigorate and inspire every life he touched. ‘If Billy can do it, then so can I’ is a touchstone that will endure as a wellspring of strength. His was a full and impactful life.”
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Press articles
“William Kuenzel, Who Claimed Innocence From Death Row, Dies at 60”
The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2022
“Alabama Death Row Inmate Who Sought New Trial Dies of Cancer”
The Associated Press, Feb. 21, 2022
“William Kuenzel, sentenced to Alabama Death Row in 1988, dead of cancer”
AL.com, Feb. 21, 2022