“If there is even the shadow of a doubt of innocence, the death penalty should never be an option. This outcome did not serve the interests of justice.”, . .
Why Are Innocents Still Being Executed?
It’s a price some people are willing to pay.By Elizabeth Bruenig
On Tuesday night, Missouri executed Marcellus Williams, a man who may well have been innocent of the crime he was convicted of.
Williams’s execution had been scheduled and halted twice before amid concerns about his guilt;
Missouri’s prior governor, Eric Greitens, not only granted Williams a day-of stay but also appointed a committee to investigate his case.
The committee was dissolved by the current governor, Mike Parson, in 2023 without ever issuing a report.
Earlier this year, Wesley Bell, the current prosecutor of the district where Williams was convicted, filed a 63-page motion in court seeking to set aside Williams’s death sentence on grounds of possible innocence, and later offered Williams a deal that would have commuted his sentence to life without parole.
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