Man Faces Execution on Sept. 24 Despite Evidence of Innocence
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Case update from July 2: The Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, scheduled a hearing for August 21, 2024, to assess the “clear and convincing evidence” of actual innocence that led Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to move to vacate Marcellus Williams’ wrongful conviction and death sentence.
NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution | ksdk.com
WEB2 days ago · Prosecutors want to vacate the conviction of Marcellus Williams over doubts about evidence in the case, NAACP President Derrick Johnson pointed out in the letter obtained by The Associated Press ...
Marcellus Williams: Hearing held for Missouri death row inmate …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · A Missouri judge is holding held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, whose quest to prove he did not murder a woman in 1998 has...
Lawyers arguing Marcellus Williams case at Mo. Supreme Court …
WEB1 day ago · Marcellus Williams II holds his son Sadir Williams, 3, as he speaks to reporters outside the courthouse in Clayton about a deal prosecutors reached with his father Marcellus “Khaliifah ...
At Missouri Hearing, Lawyers Spar Over Fate of Prisoner on Death …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · The case of Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his innocence in a 1998 killing, has pitted a local prosecutor against the state’s attorney general.
Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is …
WEBJul 2, 2024 · A Missouri judge has set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just over a month before Williams is scheduled to die.
Court holds evidentiary hearing for Missouri death row inmate …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his innocence, is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, according to court documents.
Marcellus Williams gets off Missouri's death row | STLPR
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The hearing on Wednesday was originally scheduled so St. Louis County prosecutors could argue that Williams’ conviction should be thrown out. But their motion to vacate hinged on DNA testing done on the handle of the murder weapon that experts said excluded Williams as the killer.
Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams' innocence...
Missouri Court Halts Deal to Spare Marcellus Williams from …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The State Supreme Court said the trial had to hold a hearing before accepting a deal that would give the man a sentence of life without parole.
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