Petition updateStop the execution of Marcellus Williams!Marcellus is RUNNING OUT OF TIME - Execution Still Scheduled for Tomorrow
Esmie KayDe soto, KS, United States
Aug 21, 2017
Marcellus is running out of time. Missouri still plans to execute Marcellus tomorrow, and Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has doubled down on his claim that "the state remains confident in other evidence in the case." Call Attorney General Josh Hawley at 573-751-3321 and email him at attorney.general@ago.mo.gov. Inform him that the DNA evidence exonerates Marcellus. Tell him that this execution is reckless and wrong. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens' office appears to be closed for the eclipse and the voicemail box is full, but you can email him here: https://governor.mo.gov/get-involved/contact-the-governors-office. There may be an eclipse today, but an innocent man's life is being threatened tomorrow. The Innocence Project has called on Greitens to appoint an independent board of inquiry to evaluate Marcellus' conviction and death sentence as the DNA evidence "affirmatively excluded" Marcellus as the perpetrator. "The state should not put a man to death without fully examining the case against him," the request says. The Libertarian Party has condemned the execution as "a shocking miscarriage of justice for the individual and as another tragic example of the immorality that lies at the root of capital punishment and its use nationwide." Marcellus' case is receiving international and national attention. The Kansas City Star, Jeffrey Mitman from the Missouri ACLU, Amnesty International, the NAACP, and Equal Justice USA have all called for a halt to Marcellus' execution. Tomorrow, we will #RallyForMarcellus in St. Louis. If you can’t join us there, you can #RallyForMarcellus in: Jefferson City: Rally in front of Governor Greitens' office (12 PM at 201 W Capitol Ave) Columbia: Vigil in front of the Boone County Courthouse (4:30 PM 705 E Walnut St) Bonne Terre: Vigil at prison - carpool details on Facebook event page - 5 (2727 Hwy K) Kansas City: Vigil (5 PM at 39th and Troost) Springfield: Rally at Park Central Square (12 PM ) We hope you can join us in taking action. If not, please help get the word out to those who can – on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2x0IAZI, and on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2uRj6AD. Read madpmo.org's full update on our website here: www.madpmo.org/marcellus-is-running-out-of-time-execution-still-scheduled-for-tomorrow
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