by Missourinet Contributor | Aug 22, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a new hearing for the Marcellus Williams case, blocking a plea deal that he accepted on Wednesday in an attempt to avoid the death penalty. After years of claiming innocence, Williams pleaded no contest to the 1998 murder of...
by Missourinet Contributor | Aug 21, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
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...
