By Innocence Project
Photos:Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team\Missouri Department of Corrections
Earlier this month, the Missouri Supreme Court scheduled Marcellus Williams’s execution for Sept. 24, 2024 at 6 p.m. for a 1998 murder — despite new evidence supporting his innocence. In 1998, a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle was stabbed to death in her own home. Two years later, Marcellus was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, and burglary.
His conviction was based on the inconsistent testimonies of two incentivized witnesses.
After his conviction, Marcellus was excluded as the source of the DNA found on the murder weapon, proving he did not commit the crime and contradicting testimony used to convict him. And next month, the Circuit Court in St. Louis, is set to consider this new evidence of his innocence. Yet the execution date for Marcellus remains in place. We can’t let Missouri execute an innocent person. Join the thousands of people calling for justice for Marcellus by adding your name to the petition right now.
