Crime & Justice

Missouri to Execute Man Despite Unusual Pleas From Victim’s Fam and Prosecutors

NO CLEMENCY

The same prosecutor’s office who convicted Marcellus Williams of murder now says that evidence clears the 55-year-old’s name. His victim’s family agrees.

Josh Fiallo
Josh Fiallo 

Breaking News Reporter

Marcellus Williams stares forward.
The Innocence Project
Josh Fiallo

Josh Fiallo

Breaking News Reporter

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