Execution Date Set for Missouri Inmate, Even as He Awaits Hearing on Claim of Actual Innocence

Execution Date Set for Missouri Inmate, Even as He Awaits Hearing on Claim of Actual Innocence
Marcellus Williams. Missouri Department of Corrections via AP
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his claim that he was not involved in the murder that landed him on death row.

The state Supreme Court set the date hours after it ruled that Republican Gov. Mike Parson was within his rights last year when he dissolved a board of inquiry convened six years earlier by Mr. Parson’s predecessor to investigate Mr. Williams’ innocence claim.