A little over a month before he was scheduled to be executed, Marcellus Williams dropped his innocence claim and pled no contest in an agreement. The deal calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parole. The complicated turn of events happened on the day...
(Jefferson City, MO) – A St. Louis County Court is scheduled to hear about new DNA evidence this week involving a prisoner who could be executed next month. The case involves Marcellus Williams, who was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felisha Gayle, a former...
The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for Marcellus Williams. He was convicted of the 1998 stabbing death of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle. The high court set the execution date shortly after handing down a unanimous ruling...
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing whether Gov. Mike Parson had the legal authority to dissolve a board of inquiry looking into whether Marcellus Williams might be innocent of murder. He was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell wants Marcellus Williams’ murder conviction and death penalty overturned. He filed a motion Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court which said in part that there is “compelling evidence” that Williams “may be innocent or may...
