Save Missouri from making the irreparable mistake of executing an innocent man.
In Missouri, Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on September 24 for a crime he did not commit. Last week, St. Louis County Judge Bruce Hilton denied a motion to overturn Marcellus’ conviction and death sentence after previously accepting an Alford plea that was later blocked by the Missouri Supreme Court. The prosecutor had admitted that the previous administration made constitutional errors in his case. We need everyone’s help to call on Governor Mike Parson to stop Missouri from killing an innocent man.
Previously, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell had filed a motion to overturn Marcellus’ conviction because he believed that forensic evidence Marcellus was exonerated from the crime.
At an evidentiary hearing on August 28, his office acknowledged that the previous administration committed constitutional errors that contributed to Marcellus’ implausible conviction and death sentence, including improper handling of the evidence in his case.
Now Judge Hilton has denied PA Bell’s motion to overturn Marcellus’ conviction and death sentence, and the Missouri Supreme Court has decided to set September 24 as the execution date.
Call Governor Parson and tell him to stop the execution before it’s too late: 417-373-3400
Call script:
- Hello, my name is (NAME) and I’m calling about the impending execution of Marcellus Williams.
- Please do not allow Marcellus, an innocent man, to be executed in Missouri on September 24, despite overwhelming evidence that his trial was unconstitutional.
- Missouri should not commit the irreparable injustice of executing an innocent man.
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Who is Marcellus Williams: Man faces execution in Missouri despite proof of his innocence
This petition is made in cooperation with the Midwest Innocence Project And Missourians demand the abolition of the death penalty.
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