UPDATE BREHS!!!
He JUST got the stay from the Governor!!
Gov. Greitens issues stay of execution in Marcellus Williams case
ST. LOUIS - Governor Greitens has issued a stay of execution in the Marcellus Williams case.
Williams was scheduled to be executed Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for the stabbing death of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch report Lisha Gayle. Gayle was stabbed to death during a robbery in 1998 at her home in University City. In 2001, a jury convicted Williams of the first-degree murder of Gayle. DNA testing of the murder weapon, conducted in 2016, was inconclusive.
“A sentence of death is the ultimate, permanent punishment. To carry out the death penalty, the people of Missouri must have confidence in the judgment of guilt. In light of new information, I am appointing a Board of Inquiry in this case,” said Greitens.
The five members of the Board of Inquiry to be appointed by Governor Greitens will include retired Missouri judges.