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Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution
Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution - Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017
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.
Missouri inmate faces execution for crime he did not commit
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has a history of pushing for the execution of those found innocent. #antiracism #deathpenaltiy #missouri
NAACP Calls For Missouri Gov. To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate
The NAACP is urging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to stop the scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday (September 24), Essence reports. Williams, now 55, was convicted in 1998 of killing former newspaper reporter Felicia Gayle.
NAACP Urges Missouri Governor To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate Planned For Next Week
Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must die. And any Black man will do,” read a part of the organization's letter.
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.
New federal lawsuit pins blame for inmate’s death on Missouri prison officials
Missouri corrections officers drenched an inmate with pepper spray and ignored his pleas for help for four hours, responding ...
Messenger: Missouri law that allows state to seize inmate funds is ‘house of cards’
JEFFERSON CITY — Attorney Bevis Schock stood in the middle of the first-floor courtroom in Cole County and started reciting ...
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Prosecutor’s push to vacate conviction of death row inmate Marcellus Williams denied in Missouri
Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in ...
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Missouri judge declines to overturn conviction of inmate scheduled for execution
A judge in Missouri rejected on Thursday inmate Marcellus Williams' attempt to overturn a murder conviction and death ...
Judge rejects attempt to free Marcellus Williams, Missouri inmate facing execution
A judge declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is set to be executed Sept. 24.
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Missouri judge denies prosecutor request to vacate conviction of death row inmate
(CNN) — A Missouri judge on Thursday rejected an effort by the St. Louis prosecutor to vacate the conviction of Marcellus ...
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Judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams, Missouri inmate facing execution
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge declined Thursday to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man scheduled for execution later this month in the 1998 stabbing death ...
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Inmate serving life sentence dies at Jefferson City medical center
At 12:02 p.m. on Saturday, inmate William Rose, 64, was pronounced dead at the Capital Regional Medical Center in Jefferson ...