Marcellus Williams appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in series of efforts to stop MO execution
The Supreme Court petition is the latest legal action Marcellus Williams’ team is pursuing to save his life. They also have a clemency application before the governor and a separate federal motion.
A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the yearslong legal battle to save his life.
NAACP President Urges Missouri Governor to Halt Execution Planned for Next Week
The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.
Court appeals, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence
Meanwhile, a clemency petition to Gov. Mike Parson emphasizes how relatives of the murder victim oppose the execution of Williams. And attorneys for Williams on Tuesday asked a federal court to reconsider a previous denial of an appeal alleging that Black prospective jurors were not selected for Williams' 2001 criminal trial because of their race.
Marcellus Williams asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt his scheduled Tuesday execution
Williams was still set to die by lethal injection next week for the 1998 murder of former Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia “Lisha” Gayle in 1998.
Man scheduled for execution next week in Missouri says his trial excluded Black jurors
Keith Larner, who was the prosecutor on Marcellus Williams’ murder case in St. Louis County, said he struck a potential juror because he was a young Black man with glasses.
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Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in Jussie Smollett case
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