Marcellus Williams’ execution set to continue, Missouri Supreme Court guidelines
Upgraded on: September 24, 2024/ 7:46 PM EDT/ CBS/AP
Update: Marcellus Williams was performed Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court declined his last appeal. Check out the most recent here. Our earlier story is listed below.The execution of Marcellus Williams is set to continue as arranged Tuesday after the Missouri Supreme Court and the state's guv both turned down pleas to stop the treatment.A lawyer for Williams argued Monday that the state Supreme Court ought to stop the deadly injection due to the fact that a trial lawyer avoided a Black guy who he believed looked comparable to the accused from serving on the jury, however the court declined that argument.
"Despite almost a quarter century of lawsuits in both state and federal cour...