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Missouri may execute "innocent" man

Marcellus Williams is set to be executed on Sept. 24 for a 1998 murder that prosecutors say he did not commit

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Missouri Supreme Court To Hear Marcellus Williams Case

Marcellus Williams faces execution despite doubts on DNA evidence and concerns about racial bias in his case.

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Missouri Supreme Court to consider death row case a day before scheduled execution

The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a day before his scheduled execution

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Missouri Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Marcellus Williams Case

Missouri Supreme Court reviews Marcellus Williams' case, sparking legal battles and calls for intervention due to new evidence challenging his conviction.

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Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution

Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017

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Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away

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Prosecutor's Office Seeks To Halt Execution Of Death Row Inmate

Legal battles in Missouri and controversial sentencing of paramedic raise questions about justice system's handling of cases involving medical negligence a...

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Legal Battle Intensifies For Missouri Death Row Inmate

Marcellus Williams faces legal challenges as doubts arise over his conviction in a 1998 murder case.

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Missouri Judge Upholds Conviction And Death Sentence

Judge in St. Louis upholds conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, facing execution for 1998 murder.

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Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998

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DNA Evidence Contamination Delays Missouri Death Row Execution

Marcellus Williams faces execution despite new DNA evidence discovery in 1998 murder case. Legal battle ensues as complexities of forensic testing come to ...

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Missouri Judge To Hold Evidentiary Hearing On Death Row Inmate

Missouri judge to hold hearing on Marcellus Williams' innocence claim amid legal battle over potential execution and concerns about reliability of informants.

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Missouri death row inmate gets another chance at a hearing that could spare his life

An evidentiary hearing is set for a man on Missouri's death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him

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Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Agreement To Resentence Death Row Inmate

Missouri Supreme Court blocks resentencing agreement for Marcellus Williams due to new DNA evidence, raising questions about justice in capital punishment ...

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Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Plea, Orders Innocence Hearing

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement to spare Marcellus Williams' life, orders hearing on innocence claim in 1998 murder case.

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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams’ innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution

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Death row inmate expected to be resentenced to life without parole in Missouri

Despite expected resentencing, Marcellus Williams will continue campaign to prove innocence

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Missouri death row inmate with DNA evidence on his side gets last ditch hearing to save his life

Marcellus Williams, 55, was sentenced to death in 2001 for fatally stabbing well-known St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle

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Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams

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December execution date set for man convicted of killing a young Missouri girl

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a December execution date for Christopher Collings, an inmate convicted of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl nearly two decades ago

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Advocates Criticize Missouri AG For Pushing Execution Despite Innocence Claims

Criticism surrounds Missouri AG's stance on Marcellus Williams' case and handling of death row cases.

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Missouri Man Freed After 34 Years In Murder Conviction

Missouri man released after 34 years in prison due to overturned murder conviction. Legal battles ensue.

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Black leaders in St. Louis say politics and racism are keeping wrongly convicted man behind bars

Leaders of the Missouri NAACP and other organizations say politics and racism are behind the state attorney general’s effort to keep a wrongly convicted man locked up, more than a week after a judge overturned the murder conviction 34 years ago

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Missouri Attorney General Faces Backlash Over Innocence Claims

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey faces backlash for opposing release of individuals with overturned convictions, raising questions about his commitm...

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Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

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