Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams executed despite even the prosecution thinking he was innocent
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams has been executed despite admissions from a prosecutor’s office claiming his innocence. Williams had been convicted of the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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What if Missouri got it wrong and executed an innocent man? Abolish the death penalty
Last year, Missouri was one of five states in the country that carried out executions. Four people — Amber McLaughlin, Michael Tisius, Johnny Johnson and Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, who maintained that he was innocent, died by lethal injection in 2023.
Marcellus Williams, the Missouri death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for nearly 24 years, is scheduled to be ...
One day before he’s scheduled to be executed, a Missouri death row inmate could learn whether his fate will change after the ...
Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was repeatedly stabbed during the burglary of ...
Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of a 1998 murder in suburban St. Louis, maintained he was innocent. But the courts and the governor were not persuaded.
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