Crime and Justice NewsSep 131 min readJudge Rejects Innocence Claim for Marcellus Williams, Set for Execution Later This MonthOn Thursday, a judge refused to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man set for execution later...
Crime and Justice NewsAug 222 min readBungled Evidence Dashes Hopes of Exoneration for Man on Missouri Death Row Marcellus Williams, the Missouri death row inmate who had hoped that DNA evidence on the murder weapon would prove his innocence, dropped...
Crime and Justice NewsJan 301 min readSt. Louis Prosecutor Asks to Vacate Conviction, Citing New State Law Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is seeking to vacate the conviction of death-row resident Marcellus Williams, following a forensic test...
Crime and Justice NewsJan 161 min readMissouri Lifts Man's Stay of Execution, Despite DNA EvidenceIn 1998, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Anne Gayle Picus was found dead in her home, stabbed 43 times. Police suspected a...