Marcellus Williams Execution in Hands of Supreme Court; His Family, Prosecutor Don't Want Him to Die

The state of Missouri is set to kill Marcellus Williams tonight. Williams has always maintained his innocence in the 2001 killing of St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a robbery. The jurors, prosecutors and victim's family are all supporting Williams's bid for clemency, which has been denied by Missouri's Republican governor and state Supreme Court. "What we see is a system that's looking at finality over fairness, rushing to get to an execution date instead of taking the time to stop this execution and look at the merits of what is being argued," says Williams's attorney Tricia Rojo Bushnell, the executive director of the Midwest Innocence Project, who is now seeking a last-minute reprieve and reassessment of the case from the U.S. Supreme Court.

[HopefulInterventions]

I remember Morgan Freeman’s wise words. Do we call White people “European Americans”? Only “Americans”. 🤯

[electrickflame]

This is the same state that enacted a law that circumvents any reparations for serving time under a wrongful conviction! Zero back pay even though they stole days of your life.

[Noneyabiznass-MagaTrue]

It’s aggravating that nobody listens to the people who they work for!

[mochap]

THE VERY FACT THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND THEY ARE STILL GOING TO EXECUTE HIM TELLS US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW.

[brianschwarm]

If we protested for George Floyd, we sure as hell need to be protesting for Marcellus Williams

[Boatswean]

Knife DNA does NOT MATCH Mr. Williams.

[scottaznavourian]

The us supreme court hus a history of just glamcjng over it and then denyjng it

[dollypartonfan]

Another proof that the Death Penalty should not exist.

[patrickshannon]

I just don't believe in playing God and saying that we have the right to say when someone's time is up...

[mhamed]

A conviction for a capital murder should be beyond reasonable doubt. Clearly, the dependant raises a reasonable doubt.

[IntraVortex]

God blesses all who intervene on this poor man’s behalf. Thank you for your work!

[Aroundandabout-hn]

May God intervene at this last minute because its terrible to see an innocent man die for a crime he had no hand in. Please and lives matter. Stop killing people like puppies.

[Cturner]

Thank you to all those who fight for truth to bring you the truth

[rosewalters]

This man should not be executed. There is no evidence this man did this crime. The Supreme Court must overturn his execution and look at the evidence provided

[donnawilliams]

If the evidence shows that this man is not guilty, then he should get clemency. The state of Missouri could be putting an innocent man to death.

[TheSpiciestGinger]

SAVE MARCELLUS WILLIAMS 💯THE WORLD IS WATCHING MISSOURI!!!😡🌎

[vickysharpe]

Too late now 😢 he was murdered by the system 😡👹

[syckindahead]

Praying for his son, family members and loved ones during this challenging time.🙏🏾😢

[marciagoosby]

This is heartbreaking 💔💔💔 they want this man dead and WHY !!!! Because they'd have to admit they allowed the real killer to roam FREE🤬🤬🤬 Shame on governor Parsons he commuted the prison sentence of the assistant coach of the Kansas City Chiefs the son of the coach, sentence for DUI almost killing a 5 YR old who's now severely disabled, Shame on these racist courts 😭

[DawidStawowski]

If something like that happened in China or Russia, I bet Americans would be outraged. But since it happens in Missouri, Americans will just shrug their shoulders and move on.