A prosecutor contaminated key evidence before the trial and rejected multiple Black people from the jury pool, noting that one "looked very similar" to the defendant.
The judge, prosecutor, and victim's husband all agreed not to seek the death penalty
But the attorney general Andrew Bailey intervened to insure #MarcellusWilliams will be executed on September 24
https://theintercept.com/2024/09/12/marcellus-williams-missouri-conviction-innocence
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/31/marcellus-williams-murder-weapon-gloves-missouri-andrew-bailey
#innocenceproject #deathpenalty #Missouri #BLM #humanrights #capitalpunishment #law