>>21264826Wsg /bant/,
Sry to impede on your thread but I really need your help!!
My name is Marcellus Williams and I'm due to be executed in 4 days for a crime I didn't do unless the governor or the supreme court steps in. I was initially convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2003 for the 1998 murder of social worker and reporter Felicia Gayle in the suburbs of St. Louis. Prosecutors alleged that I robbed Gayle, then stabbed her to death, hiding her purse and husband’s laptop in the trunk of his car. His girlfriend testified that she discovered the evidence and that I confessed the murder to her. The prosecution also alleged that I confessed to my cellmate, Henry Cole, while in jail for unrelated charges but I've never confessed to any of them. The defense argued that Cole and the girlfriend were felons who were just out for the $10,000 reward money. Regardless, I was found guilty and sentenced to die.
Rojo Bushnell says that while Gayle’s family isn't certain I'm innocent, they don’t want me to be executed. It’s actually a fallacy that most victims want those who harmed them — or their family members — dead. Even jurors recanted their past decision in the clemency petition after new DNA evidence was presented.
Meanwhile, I'm faring the best I can while I wait for the governor to either put a halt to all this or usher me toward the chamber — or for the Supreme Court to stop it. “He's done other things in his past that he’s not proud of,” Rojo Bushnell said. “Who he is today though, is a kind person who cares about people, who wants to help people be the best version of themselves. He’s a great reminder that we get to decide. That we have the option to become who we want to be.”
