Almost 7 years after it was supposed to review new DNA evidence, the state of Missouri has once again scheduled Marcellus Williams to be executed on Sept. 24 for a crime that DNA proves he did not commit.

The St. Louis County prosecuting attorney reviewed the DNA results and filed a motion to vacate Mr. Williams’ conviction because he believed the DNA results proved by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Williams did not commit this crime.

The Missouri Supreme Court just denied a motion seeking to withdraw the September 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, an innocent man on death row. Mr. Williams had moved the court to reconsider its order scheduling his execution after the St. Louis County Circuit Court set a hearing for August 21 on the county prosecuting attorney’s motion to vacate Mr. Williams’s wrongful conviction. 

Although no court has ever considered the new exculpatory evidence, the Missouri Supreme Court is still going ahead with the execution date for Mr. Williams just one month after that hearing.

We have less than 65 days to stop the execution of an innocent person. Add your name here and at SaveMarcellus.org to stop this injustice before it’s too late.