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Crime and Justice News

Sep 131 min read

Judge Rejects Innocence Claim for Marcellus Williams, Set for Execution Later This Month

On Thursday, a judge refused to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man set for execution later...

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Crime and Justice News

Aug 222 min read

Bungled 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...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 301 min read

St. 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...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 161 min read

Missouri Lifts Man's Stay of Execution, Despite DNA Evidence

In 1998, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Anne Gayle Picus was found dead in her home, stabbed 43 times. Police suspected a...

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