A Decatur man with more than a dozen felony convictions, including a voluntary manslaughter conviction tied to a fatal dispute over a $10 drug debt, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a gun.
Federal prosecutors announced that Jesse James Williams Jr., 51, was sentenced Monday by a judge to 14 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
A federal jury found Williams guilty in December 2025 of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon following a four-day trial…