In 1998, Felicia Gayle was murdered during a robbery. Following this, Marcellus Williams was charged and arrested for murder. In the 2001 trial, the court denied to test the murder weapon for DNA per William's attorney request. The newly acquired evidence showed that the DNA on the murder weapon did not match William's DNA. Moreover, hair samples that were found at the scene of the crime did not match Williams's DNA, but for a different male. Also, a footprint found at the scene does not match William's footprint. Moreover, William's conviction was obviously ruined by the racial bias of the case because prosecuters worked hard to keep black people off of the jury. 81 percent of cases with black defendents get convicted with an all white jury and many prosecutors go out of their way strike black jurors from the selection process. Williams was also prosecuted under the St. Louis prosecuter Bob McCulloch, who failed to indict Darren Wilson for the murder of Micheal Brown in 2014. The prosecuters were confident that they could get a conviction without any DNA evidence because Felicia's stolen laptop was found in a car and two people who told the police that Williams confessed to the killings. One man was a jailhouse snitch and the other person was William's ex girlfriend who was in need of money and took advantage of the $10,000 reward. Moreover, the car that had Gayle's stolen laptop wasn't even registered to Williams.
By now you can see how ridiculous this is. These people are literally doing gymnastics in order for this man to go away for a long time. They are doing whatever they can so that this man will die. For what??? I don't know!!! Racists don't give an explanation as to why they are racist. They just want to pin this murder on this innocent man. So sad. But I'm not done.
In 2015, the Supreme Court of Missouri issued a last-minute stay of execution to allow Williams to obtain DNA testing. The results came back proving it was someone else and not Williams' DNA on the knife. The court denied him a chance to present that evidence and summarily denied the case without issuing any written explanation. Then the court gave Williams an execution date of April 22, 2017.
Governor Greitens halted his execution for a panel of 5 retired judges to review the case with the newly discovered evidence.
I am really glad that this story made to CNN that afternoon because I saw my dad watching it. I am also grateful that this execution was halted. But that does not mean that he will be dismissed for the charges. They might find something else to charge him with so that he can still be imprisoned. But we will see what happens from here.
By now you can see how ridiculous this is. These people are literally doing gymnastics in order for this man to go away for a long time. They are doing whatever they can so that this man will die. For what??? I don't know!!! Racists don't give an explanation as to why they are racist. They just want to pin this murder on this innocent man. So sad. But I'm not done.
In 2015, the Supreme Court of Missouri issued a last-minute stay of execution to allow Williams to obtain DNA testing. The results came back proving it was someone else and not Williams' DNA on the knife. The court denied him a chance to present that evidence and summarily denied the case without issuing any written explanation. Then the court gave Williams an execution date of April 22, 2017.
Governor Greitens halted his execution for a panel of 5 retired judges to review the case with the newly discovered evidence.
I am really glad that this story made to CNN that afternoon because I saw my dad watching it. I am also grateful that this execution was halted. But that does not mean that he will be dismissed for the charges. They might find something else to charge him with so that he can still be imprisoned. But we will see what happens from here.
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