As you may have heard, the state of Missouri executed a convicted murderer yesterday. His name was Marcellus Williams.
Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.
Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case. His clemency petition focused heavily on how Gayle’s relatives wanted Williams’ sentence commuted to life without the possibility of parole…
The NAACP had been among those urging Parson to cancel the execution.
“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
The claim that Williams was “lynched” was very popular on the far left:
Tonight, Missouri lynched Marcellus Williams. DNA evidence proved he was innocent. It didn’t…
