ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge's ruling upholding the conviction
FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away.Meanwhile, attorneys for Williams have submitted a clemency petition to Gov. Mike Parson that emphasizes how relatives of the murder victim oppose the execution.
But days before an Aug. 21 hearing, new testing showed that the DNA evidence was spoiled because members of the prosecutor’s office touched the knife without gloves before the original trial in 2001. The Midwest Innocence Project provided The Associated Press with a copy of the clemency petition that asks Parson to spare Williams’ life. Parson, a Republican and a former county sheriff, has been in office for 11 executions, and he has never granted clemency.
A spokesman for Parson said in an email Tuesday that attorneys for the governor’s office have met with Williams’ legal team, and Parson will announce a decision later, typically at least a day before the scheduled execution. Authorities said Williams stole a jacket to conceal blood on his shirt. Williams’ girlfriend asked him why he would wear a jacket on a hot day. The girlfriend said she later saw the laptop in the car and that Williams sold it a day or two later.
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