Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams was given lethal injection even though attorneys said his DNA was not found on murder weapon.
Marcellus Khalifah Williams has been executed despite a prolonged campaign to spare him over wrongful conviction. Photo: X
He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found stabbed to death in her St. Louis home. That message echoed from Missouri Governor Mike Parson after Tuesday's lethal injection was carried out. "By condemning Imam Marcellus Williams to death despite the fact that even the prosecuting attorney has argued that his case was marred by constitutional error and that DNA evidence indicates his innocence, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Missouri court system have committed a grave offense against humanity," said CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell in a statement.
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