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Missouri Judge Upholds Conviction And Death Sentence

Judge in St. Louis upholds conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, facing execution for 1998 murder.

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Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998

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DNA Evidence Contamination Delays Missouri Death Row Execution

Marcellus Williams faces execution despite new DNA evidence discovery in 1998 murder case. Legal battle ensues as complexities of forensic testing come to ...

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Missouri Judge To Hold Evidentiary Hearing On Death Row Inmate

Missouri judge to hold hearing on Marcellus Williams' innocence claim amid legal battle over potential execution and concerns about reliability of informants.

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Missouri death row inmate gets another chance at a hearing that could spare his life

An evidentiary hearing is set for a man on Missouri's death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him

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Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Agreement To Resentence Death Row Inmate

Missouri Supreme Court blocks resentencing agreement for Marcellus Williams due to new DNA evidence, raising questions about justice in capital punishment ...

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Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Plea, Orders Innocence Hearing

Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement to spare Marcellus Williams' life, orders hearing on innocence claim in 1998 murder case.

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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams’ innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution

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Death row inmate expected to be resentenced to life without parole in Missouri

Despite expected resentencing, Marcellus Williams will continue campaign to prove innocence

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Missouri death row inmate with DNA evidence on his side gets last ditch hearing to save his life

Marcellus Williams, 55, was sentenced to death in 2001 for fatally stabbing well-known St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle

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Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams

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December execution date set for man convicted of killing a young Missouri girl

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a December execution date for Christopher Collings, an inmate convicted of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl nearly two decades ago

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Advocates Criticize Missouri AG For Pushing Execution Despite Innocence Claims

Criticism surrounds Missouri AG's stance on Marcellus Williams' case and handling of death row cases.

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Missouri Man Freed After 34 Years In Murder Conviction

Missouri man released after 34 years in prison due to overturned murder conviction. Legal battles ensue.

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Black leaders in St. Louis say politics and racism are keeping wrongly convicted man behind bars

Leaders of the Missouri NAACP and other organizations say politics and racism are behind the state attorney general’s effort to keep a wrongly convicted man locked up, more than a week after a judge overturned the murder conviction 34 years ago

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Missouri Attorney General Faces Backlash Over Innocence Claims

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey faces backlash for opposing release of individuals with overturned convictions, raising questions about his commitm...

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Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

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St. Louis prosecutor urges judge to take action freeing a man whose murder conviction was tossed

St. Louis' top prosecutor on Wednesday asked a judge to enforce his ruling ordering the release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned after 33 years in prison — but who remains behind bars at the urging of Missouri’s attorney general

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A man’s murder conviction was overturned after 33 years. The prison refused to release him

Christopher Dunn wasn’t released after his conviction was overturned

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Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit

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Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't.

A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison

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Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later

A Missouri judge has set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just over a month before Williams is scheduled to die

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Condemned Missouri inmate is 'accepting is fate,' his spiritual adviser says

With his execution drawing near, Missouri inmate David Hosier is “accepting his fate.”

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Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his innocence claim

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Hearing to determine if Missouri man who has been in prison for 33 years was wrongfully convicted

Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder in Missouri he has always claimed he didn’t commit

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