Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-09-25 11:08:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1559F598D9DB1259DFB2EED3E58484BB02778C5A8C9EA0D38E118516835CEA4F
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NNN - Marcellus Williams was executed after multiple appeals were made from the prosecutors proclaiming his innocence. https://abcnews.go.com/US/marcellus-williams-executed-lethal-injection-missouri-after-scotus/story?id=114025574#:~:text=Missouri%20death%20row%20inmate%20Marcellus,her%20suburban%20St.%20Louis%20home. The victim's family also professed they didn't want him executed. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams-for-1998-killing-of-a-woman-despite-her-family-s-calls-to-spare-his-life-1.7050863 Lastly, the only thing linking him to the crime was a stolen laptop; no DNA evidence https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/09/supreme-court-allows-marcellus-williams-to-be-executed/#:~:text=Prosecutors%20in%20St.%20Louis%2C%20where,laptop%20stolen%20from%20Gayle's%20husband.
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