Marcellus Williams Didn T Die But Others Will Essay

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Ellie Meriggioli

Amendment 8
Wisconsin State Journal, “Marcellus Williams Didn’t Die but Others Will,” August 28, 2017, page A9.

This article is about a man named Marcellus Williams. Marcellus was supposed to be pumped with poison and die. But just hours before planned death penalty the governor of Missouri, Eric Greitens called it off to review his case again. Marcellus was on trial for the murder of Lisha. At the time he was charged with the murder in 1998, he also had a criminal record of burglary and armed robbery. Even with that criminal record and his ex girlfriend telling the police he confessed to her they still did not have full belief that Marcellus killed Lisha. Marcellus’s girlfriend told the police he did it for drugs. But, hair fibers and bloody foot prints that were at the scene did not match Marcellus. In 2015 the Missouri Supreme Court moved his execution date up. But, then his attorney argued for a DNA testing on the weapon that was used, and the DNA did not match …show more content…

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