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| Missouri Supreme Court rejects request to stop execution |
| By seattletimes.com- Jim Salter |
| Published: 08/16/2017 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision. Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric Greitens to stop the punishment, citing DNA evidence that they say exonerates him. Williams, 48, is scheduled to die by injection Aug. 22 for fatally stabbing former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle in 1998 during a robbery at her University City home. In a filing to the Missouri Supreme Court and a clemency request to the Republican governor, Williams’ attorneys said testing conducted in December using techniques that were not available at the time of the killing shows DNA found on the knife matches an unknown man, but not Williams. Read More. |
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