1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@IntraVortex22 witnesses including his own girlfriend testified against, he confessed to the murder to her. Victims belongings found in his car, he was found with bloody clothing too
@@fightinglionenjoyer4503 I’ll admit to knowing little to nothing about this case but I’m arguing the principle of Mercy. I know it’s a long lost concept but it goes like this. The government, in principle but sometimes not in fact) represents the people. If the government can’t use caution when it comes to the issue of life and death then we’re all in trouble because the example is set for all of us. Consequently, I will always praise restraint and due caution when it comes to human life.
This is the same state that enacted a law that circumvents any reparations for serving time under a wrongful conviction! Zero back pay even though they stole days of your life.
@@Curt-Gevert People can be wrong. People can lie. People have agendas. The family of the victim believes he was innocent. The Prosecutor against him was now advocating for him. The DNA on the murder weapon doesn't match up with his. You can call a man guilty, but you have to prove it. It was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and the state shouldn't be killing people if even 1% of doubt exists. Frankly, the state shouldn't be killing people - period.
@@ThatGuysAlright so all 22 are lying? Prosecutor is now running for congress and is pandering for votes. The family isn't the jury that convicted him and recommended capital punishment. Guess what, the jury CONVICTED him, there is the proof beyond reasonable doubt. He also exhausted all appeals, I can understand if he wins on one of his appeals, but he won no appeals, including the two at SCOTUS.
We??? Whos we??? You go ahead and protest for a murderer who you don't even know and could kill you if he had the chance. This guy had a criminal sheet and murder this lady stabbed her 43 times with a butcher knife.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@SwankBanker what evidence? All of it witness testimony. There's no record of Williams ever admitting to anything, and there's no evidence that he was in possession of any of those items
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams Case Facts: On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle. He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited. Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds. Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick. After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them. Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts. The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse. Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower. He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone. On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle. After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported. In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence. Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
Why was he selling the laptop? Why did he have the victims possessions? Why was the victims blood on his shirt? why to he admit doing it to his girlfriend and several others?
@@Curt-Gevert 1. No forensic evidence ties Mr. Williams to the crime and the prosecutor broke the law and tampered with the evidence, rendering it useless in future proceedings. 2. He could've robbed several banks for all I care, nothing to do with this murder case. 3. ...according to the girlfriend herself?? 4. This seems to be true, but he stabbed his victim 40+ times during daylight rush hour with no motive to get spare change? Also, it still doesn't make him the murderer, which is what his death sentence is hinged upon. 5. The girlfriend was considered being charged as an accomplice at one point. 6. Reward money. 7. According to jailhouse informant who wanted reward money. 8. According to nearly-charged-as-accomplice girlfriend.
There is no credible evidence of him being innocent. The guy had an extremely long criminal history of violent crime. He was already gonna be in prison for the next 50 years for a violent robbery when he was convicted of this crime. The innocence project always simps for blatantly guilty/violent suspects
@@JulieB-k3h Yes abortion is a living human being if someone is pro life they should be 100% pro life, if the are for death for any reason they are not pro-life.
This man should not be executed. There is no evidence this man did this crime. The Supreme Court must overturn his execution and look at the evidence provided
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@ellanina801 Why was he selling the laptop? Why did he have the victims possessions? Why was the victims blood on his shirt? why to he admit doing it to his girlfriend and several others?
If something like that happened in China or Russia, I bet Americans would be outraged. But since it happens in Missouri, Americans will just shrug their shoulders and move on.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@Curt-Gevert 1. DNA was insufficient to connect him to the murder weapon, exonerating him 2.irrelevant to his innocence or guilt, only to the sentence 3. His girlfriend lied multiple times 4. Yes, he may be guilty of burglary, or there may be other crimes or reasons, not proof of murder 5. Girlfriend is a liar, again, and she was told she would be paid even if they didn.t 6. jailhouse informants are unreliable, little more than hearsay 7. Unfounded, 8. She*, the gf did this. You can't keep track on facts apparently.
“The victim’s personal items were found in Williams’s car after the murder. A witness testified that Williams had sold the victim’s laptop to him. Williams confessed to his girlfriend and an inmate in the St. Louis City Jail, and William’s girlfriend saw him dispose of the bloody clothes worn during the murder,” the attorney general’s office said.
Mr. Bushnell deserves a review of his court case. It sounds more like rascist horseshoes "close enough" than proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Humanity chooses to be just, from treating each other humanely.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@bondiblugirl So his confession to the girlfriend, jailhouse informant, and many others was skewered? Was him selling the laptop skewered? Were the victims possessions in his car skewered?
@@sirduvongduvoyintensethe3fth 1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
She is arguing the case, but she should be arguing about why the judge is not listening to the prosecutor and evidence. The judge is corrupt. A motion must be filed against the corrupt judge and there must be an emergency stay of execution. The governor must be called.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
May God intervene at this last minute because its terrible to see an innocent man die for a crime he had no hand in. Please and please,,,,,,Black lives matter. Stop killing people like puppies.
The prosecutor just said that man is innocent and he said he told the governor to stop the execution because that man DNA was not found on anything. He just said it on TV that man is innocent but they-are still going to killed in almost 2 hours
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@mhamed1432 There is zero credible evidence of him being innocent. He literally stated that he was guilty to multiple ppl, he was seen covered in blood the day of the crime, he Had the victims stolen property found in his vehicle, had a long history of violent crime. Entered an Alford plea, admitted that he sold the victims lap top the day after the murder/robbery, and was already doing 50 years for another violent robbery.
That governor should have to give a public statement explaining himself and it should be live and from his own mouth. Instead, it appears that he is hiding like a coward.
I support the Innocence Project and they have proven a lot of people to be innocent that were convicted and had their lives destroyed. I hope they can stop his execution.
My God l know you can fix it if it's your will. God bless this person their family and the victim and their families and the evil doer who have locked him down for so many years ... .God is the ultimate judge 🙏
As a black man im here to say that 99% of folks on death row say they are innocent just because he's black and says im innocent don't mean he's innocent .
there are real questions about the evidence and trial ok ! thats the deal. the validity of the conviction not any sort of stance on death penalty itself
I'm sure he went thru many appeals thats how he system works. Sometimes prosecuters hide evidence its far to common then another prosecuter comes along after years of conffinement we have seen this quite often with inmates being released years later. A stay of execution at least in this case is warrented no one is harmed by doing so except for getting it out of the way because of the time involved his attorney is right about that.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams Case Facts: On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle. He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited. Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds. Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick. After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them. Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts. The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse. Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower. He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone. On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle. After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported. In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence. Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
This is sooooooo heartbreaking 💔💔💔 they want this man dead and WHY !!!! Because they'd have to admit they allowed the real killer to roam FREE🤬🤬🤬 Shame on governor Parsons he commuted the prison sentence of the assistant coach of the Kansas City Chiefs the son of the coach, sentence for DUI almost killing a 5 YR old who's now severely disabled, Shame on these racist courts 😭
I think it’s a very least this needs to be stopped and things need to be given the time to look into properly. We know how many men have been sent to death Row and our innocent has spent their lives in prison and are innocent. This is one of the most horrific atrocities of our judicial system.
@@waynesmith3767 Get real. In 1860 the lynching happened on the same day as the accusation, they didn't even take time for a trial. But go ahead & cry if it makes you feel better.
The System (that is not designed for us) Has Failed Him! Why Execute An Innocent Man When He Was Found To Be Not Guilty! Why? What Is Going To Be This Excuse?
How about presenting the evidence against him like that the victim's property was in his car. The DNA on the knife belongs to Edward Magee who was one of the investigators of the case. That is it was introduced post crime and is absolutely irrelevant. The fact that she still presented it makes her either a liar or totally incompetent.
This is just beyond words. To take a man’s life when there is so much doubt. If even 1 innocent person gets murdered by the state then we must throw the entire system away. When the cost is so high there can be NO doubt
as I understand it there isn't even "doubt" his DNA isn't even at the scene and someone else unknown is so even the prosecutor wants it thrown out. It's just state murder. So sickening.
More liberal BS. He was caught with the victim's purse and computer and her blood stains on his shirt. His girlfriend questioned why he was wearing a coat on hot day - well, it was to cover that blood stained shirt. He even confessed and shared details of this heinous crime to a cellmate while in prison. He is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt and will finally get what he deserves.
@@woodsman12345 His attorney has enough to halt the execution even if he did it but thats not to say that he did. Whatever evidence they have against doesn't supercede his attorney he's entitled to a new trial DNA has been tampered with and even the prosecuter wants the execution halted. Guilty or innocent everyone deserves a fair trial which he obviously didn't get if what his attorney said is true.
I am against the death penalty. Marcellus Williams is overwhelmingly guilty of this brutal crime. He should spend the rest of his days in prison. The prosecutor actually wants the same thing (Alford plea with life in prison) so he also knows he’s guilty. The Innocence Project really needs to choose cases more carefully or they will lose all credibility
Well it didn't seem to take long at all for the savage racists to make it over to the comment section I seeI wish I could expect more out of humanity.😢
Unfortunately the death penalty has been blind more blacks have been executed then their white peers that get life sentences for the same crime. a jury of 11 whites and 1 black isn't fair lets be honest. A jury mixed properly would maybe of got him a life sentence instead od death. The prosecuter admitted to scraching 6 black jurors because he wanted the death penalty.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams Case Facts: On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle. He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited. Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds. Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick. After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them. Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts. The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse. Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower. He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone. On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle. After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported. In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence. Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
Everyone involved with this man's trial, both prosecutor and judge, plus the VICTIMS family do NOT want this man executed tonight! Yet his case is being viewed by the US Supreme Court instead of his state of Missouri doing the right thing! Don't travel to or thru Missouri. It is a horrible place to be.
It is an execution. Not a killing. I thought skin color shouldn't matter. 23 years is not a rush. Just because the victims family doesn't want him to be executed doesn't mean that he shouldn't.
He shouldn't be executed because )a There's no evidence he is guilty and )b He did not receive a fair trial. Race was used to deprive him of that fair trial.
@@k2_realest Yes there was, which is why he was convicted in the first place. How did he end up with the dead victim's belongings? Regardless he was involved either way, even if someone else rendered the death blow.
Wasn't the victim a journalist? Also he got the victim's possessions through his ex girlfriend who later testified against him and ended up dead the following years. Also the murder weapon did not have his DNA, instead it had police investigators' DNA due to "mishandling". Also another witness who testified against him suddenly went missing as well. Even the family of the victim asked to stop his execution and they still executed him anyway. Seems like someone really doesn't want the truth to come out.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
You journalists need to be better prepared asking your questions because that takes away time for the guest to answer the question, just my observation in many of the interviews you cover
This man is representee of all who could get caught up in a railroad case. May the Creator interfere and grant a stay and clemency, please to not kill an innocent man.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams Case Facts: On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle. He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited. Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds. Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick. After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them. Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts. The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse. Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower. He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone. On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle. After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported. In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence. Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
This is how the death penalty is an 8th AMENDMENT VIOLATION by definition: 1. 8th Amendment- excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT inflicted. 2. Cruel and Unusual Punishment- punishment that is TORTUROUS degrading, inhumane grossly disproportionate to the crime in question or otherwise shocking to the moral sense of the community.( see Punishment ) 3. Torture-n. The infliction of intense pain to the body or mind to punish,to extract a confession or information or obtain sadistic pleasure. Before being executed, the inmate is ask if he has any last words which is an Extraction or a Request for an Application/ Confession. Furman v Georgia, states: the death penalty itself did not violate the constitution the manner of its Application did. So by Definition the Death Penalty is an 8th Amendment Violation by way of Application.
Mrs. Gayle’s personal items and purse were found in trunk of his car. The husband’s laptop was sold by him to someone who testified. He bragged to others about killing her. These things came out in court.
You didn't hear anything they said in the video. THE Prosecutor Don't Want Him to Die, If the prosecuor herd all the things your claiming then why dosen't he want the man to die?
Father God, thank You for Marcellus life here on earth to be saved. Thank You for allowing him to be released from prison. The evidence doesn't point to Marcellus, how come he is even arrested? Thank You for the true perpetrator being held accountable. Thank You Lord for positioning all hearts involved in the legal system( judges, attorneys, prosecutors, police and jury) to be Just, thank You for removing now, those with an unpure heart, mind and spirit. In Yeshoshua's name, amen!
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
I remember Morgan Freeman’s wise words. Do we call White people “European Americans”? Only “Americans”. 🤯
Exactly and they use the word european to their advantage when they wanna show off their european descent blood lol
I have never thought of this but you’re right.
Thank you I had never thought about it but your right.
Humans aren't so-called, white. It's primitive, make believe brainwashing.
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THE VERY FACT THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND THEY ARE STILL GOING TO EXECUTE HIM TELLS US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW.
The very fact you scream in all caps tells us something also
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
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Yeah he's guilty. Her DNA was all over him
@@waynesmith3767 that fact that you decided to comment tells me something too.
God blesses all who intervene on this poor man’s behalf. Thank you for your work!
How do you explain that her belongings were in the trunk of his car
@@ElderMemaw that’s a relevant question for a juror.
@@ElderMemaw When were they found? If his DNA was not at the crime scene but another person's was, he's not guilty of her murder.
@@IntraVortex22 witnesses including his own girlfriend testified against, he confessed to the murder to her. Victims belongings found in his car, he was found with bloody clothing too
@@fightinglionenjoyer4503 I’ll admit to knowing little to nothing about this case but I’m arguing the principle of Mercy. I know it’s a long lost concept but it goes like this. The government, in principle but sometimes not in fact) represents the people. If the government can’t use caution when it comes to the issue of life and death then we’re all in trouble because the example is set for all of us. Consequently, I will always praise restraint and due caution when it comes to human life.
It’s aggravating that nobody listens to the people who they work for!
This is the same state that enacted a law that circumvents any reparations for serving time under a wrongful conviction! Zero back pay even though they stole days of your life.
Not just days, decades.
Which is Forced Labor per Federal Law.
There were a grand total od 22, that's twenty-two, witnesses against this man, he guilty. Are all 22 lying? Are they all mistaken?
@@Curt-Gevert People can be wrong. People can lie. People have agendas.
The family of the victim believes he was innocent. The Prosecutor against him was now advocating for him. The DNA on the murder weapon doesn't match up with his.
You can call a man guilty, but you have to prove it. It was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and the state shouldn't be killing people if even 1% of doubt exists. Frankly, the state shouldn't be killing people - period.
@@ThatGuysAlright so all 22 are lying? Prosecutor is now running for congress and is pandering for votes. The family isn't the jury that convicted him and recommended capital punishment. Guess what, the jury CONVICTED him, there is the proof beyond reasonable doubt. He also exhausted all appeals, I can understand if he wins on one of his appeals, but he won no appeals, including the two at SCOTUS.
If we protested for George Floyd, we sure as hell need to be protesting for Marcellus Williams
😂😂😅
🤡
We??? Whos we??? You go ahead and protest for a murderer who you don't even know and could kill you if he had the chance. This guy had a criminal sheet and murder this lady stabbed her 43 times with a butcher knife.
except floyd was an actual criminal
Fr
@@AngeloB_91 Oh damn clown emoji, you're serious now, such a good emoji, so wise, learned a lot from you, so intelligent
Thank you to all those who fight for truth to bring you the truth
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
You're never going to get it from this socialist station.
@@kevinchambers1101 you don't know what socialism is.
@@Curt-Gevert you can say it as much as you like. Doesn't make it true
@@novuspatriarch I'm just repeating what the actual record says. I have no opinion about it myself.
He's an INNOCENT MAN!!!
No he's not.
How do you explain away all the evidence that points in his direction?
How did he acquire the stolen items from the dead victim?
@@SwankBanker yes he is because the prosecutor just said it he was a innocent man. His DNA was not found on anything so shut up.
@@SwankBanker what evidence? All of it witness testimony. There's no record of Williams ever admitting to anything, and there's no evidence that he was in possession of any of those items
No
@@AngeloB_91 you want to execute him even though the only evidence they have is witness testimony from people who were paid to testify?
AmeriKKKa
the people who snitched on him were black.
@@realblackbetty2204I thought she said they was all white except for 1 that was black
Her items were found in his car. Tool.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams
Case Facts:
On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle.
He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited.
Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds.
Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick.
After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them.
Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts.
The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse.
Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower.
He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone.
On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle.
After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported.
In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence.
Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
The us supreme court hus a history of just glamcjng over it and then denyjng it
Knife DNA does NOT MATCH Mr. Williams.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
Why was he selling the laptop? Why did he have the victims possessions? Why was the victims blood on his shirt? why to he admit doing it to his girlfriend and several others?
@@Curt-Gevert 1. No forensic evidence ties Mr. Williams to the crime and the prosecutor broke the law and tampered with the evidence, rendering it useless in future proceedings. 2. He could've robbed several banks for all I care, nothing to do with this murder case. 3. ...according to the girlfriend herself?? 4. This seems to be true, but he stabbed his victim 40+ times during daylight rush hour with no motive to get spare change? Also, it still doesn't make him the murderer, which is what his death sentence is hinged upon. 5. The girlfriend was considered being charged as an accomplice at one point. 6. Reward money. 7. According to jailhouse informant who wanted reward money. 8. According to nearly-charged-as-accomplice girlfriend.
@@Curt-Gevert I see lots of accusations here! Any evidence to back it up?
@@byron197 yes. The trial transcript
Another proof that the Death Penalty should not exist.
absolutely
I only think it should exist for those who have lots of power like El Chapo and those who wield power from even behind bars
There is no credible evidence of him being innocent. The guy had an extremely long criminal history of violent crime. He was already gonna be in prison for the next 50 years for a violent robbery when he was convicted of this crime.
The innocence project always simps for blatantly guilty/violent suspects
Exactly! Until this country can fix it's justice system they shouldn't have the power to put people to death!
@@Traps510 yes u are correct the guy is bad actor
I just don't believe in playing God and saying that we have the right to say when someone's time is up...
Abortion? Feel the same about that?
@@JulieB-k3h Yes abortion is a living human being if someone is pro life they should be 100% pro life, if the are for death for any reason they are not pro-life.
@@patrickshannon4516 , Good. Too many people are inconsistent on that.
Doesn't matter what you believe, this is reality, and your God can't stop it.
@@DJYC21215 God can do anything
this is just wrong. I dont support the death penalty and this is why.
Another white beech crying for the Ns
EXACTLY! And this is being done by so called Pro-Life Christian folks.🤦♂🤦♂
Because of endless appeals designed to delay the process? Or because you actually think this obvious criminal is innocent?
So what about the tens of thousands of the unborn put to death through abortion? I guess you don't care about those innocent victims.
@@legendofman12 please provide me with the actual proof.
Too late now 😢 he was murdered by the system 😡👹
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This man should not be executed. There is no evidence this man did this crime. The Supreme Court must overturn his execution and look at the evidence provided
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@Curt-Gevert Yeah, I think he meant if you ignore the mountain of damning evidence against him then there is no evidence of his involvement.
@@Curt-Gevertactually dna did exonerate him. Watch the video.
@@ellanina801 DNA is not the end all be all, the other evidence convicted him.
@@ellanina801 Why was he selling the laptop? Why did he have the victims possessions? Why was the victims blood on his shirt? why to he admit doing it to his girlfriend and several others?
THIS IS AMERICA.
If something like that happened in China or Russia, I bet Americans would be outraged. But since it happens in Missouri, Americans will just shrug their shoulders and move on.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@Curt-Gevert 1. DNA was insufficient to connect him to the murder weapon, exonerating him 2.irrelevant to his innocence or guilt, only to the sentence 3. His girlfriend lied multiple times 4. Yes, he may be guilty of burglary, or there may be other crimes or reasons, not proof of murder 5. Girlfriend is a liar, again, and she was told she would be paid even if they didn.t 6. jailhouse informants are unreliable, little more than hearsay 7. Unfounded, 8. She*, the gf did this. You can't keep track on facts apparently.
@@Moonchild15225 I suppose the victims blood being on his clothes was an accident too.
God bless you for the truth. You are definitely right
@@Curt-Gevert Oh you're just spamming trying to justify the death of an innocent man. Reported.
“The victim’s personal items were found in Williams’s car after the murder. A witness testified that Williams had sold the victim’s laptop to him. Williams confessed to his girlfriend and an inmate in the St. Louis City Jail, and William’s girlfriend saw him dispose of the bloody clothes worn during the murder,” the attorney general’s office said.
These testimonies are fake. They got offered 10k and were forced to testify
Bulshit
Reality is trying to swim upstream against a power ideology, these aren't reporters they are ideologues.
And those are the people that lecture other countries about human rights.
Shame on us government.
Guilty AF
I pray that this man is set free if he is innocent.
If he was innocent he wouldn't be in prison for murder
Well he's not innocent so he's not going anywhere!
@@JehoshuaTheProphetinnocent people get prosecuted all the time.
@@BenjaminFranklin-76prosecutor thinks he's innocent
@@JehoshuaTheProphet shut up
Of course, in the state of Misery. So shameful.
The Death Penalty does not seek justice, it seeks vengeance. Sitting on Death Row for over 20+ years is barbaric, particularly for an innocent inmate.
Mr. Bushnell deserves a review of his court case. It sounds more like rascist horseshoes "close enough" than proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Humanity chooses to be just, from treating each other humanely.
If the evidence shows that this man is not guilty, then he should get clemency. The state of Missouri could be putting an innocent man to death.
He was found guilty.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
The evidence was skewered
@@bondiblugirl So his confession to the girlfriend, jailhouse informant, and many others was skewered? Was him selling the laptop skewered? Were the victims possessions in his car skewered?
The state told him “too bad” they don’t care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Missouri governor is a monster.
No, the evidence seems pretty conclusive. The governor is not a monster.
@@Curt-Gevert did you watch the video? it literally says the opposite
@@sirduvongduvoyintensethe3fth I don't think people who actively lie want to be convinced otherwise.
@@sirduvongduvoyintensethe3fth 1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@Curt-Gevert You should tell the prosecutors trying to stop the execution all that!
She is arguing the case, but she should be arguing about why the judge is not listening to the prosecutor and evidence. The judge is corrupt. A motion must be filed against the corrupt judge and there must be an emergency stay of execution. The governor must be called.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
Did he use up all of his appeals?
@Curt-Gevert oh, shit. Ok. Thank you for the hot take on that.
im sure he or she is aware
Governor doesn't care
May God intervene at this last minute because its terrible to see an innocent man die for a crime he had no hand in. Please and please,,,,,,Black lives matter. Stop killing people like puppies.
@@Aroundandabout-h9n they shoot puppies and accuse innocent Haitians of eating them; they will stop at nothing and they have no shame.
The prosecutor just said that man is innocent and he said he told the governor to stop the execution because that man DNA was not found on anything. He just said it on TV that man is innocent but they-are still going to killed in almost 2 hours
A conviction for a capital murder should be beyond reasonable doubt. Clearly, the dependant raises a reasonable doubt.
for the public, yes; for the courts, no.
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
@@Curt-GevertStop spreading lies. He has always maintained his innocence
@@Curt-Gevertinfo where?
@@mhamed1432 There is zero credible evidence of him being innocent. He literally stated that he was guilty to multiple ppl, he was seen covered in blood the day of the crime, he Had the victims stolen property found in his vehicle, had a long history of violent crime. Entered an Alford plea, admitted that he sold the victims lap top the day after the murder/robbery, and was already doing 50 years for another violent robbery.
That governor should have to give a public statement explaining himself and it should be live and from his own mouth. Instead, it appears that he is hiding like a coward.
That's what politicians do, no wonder at that.
"All Praise be to Allah in every situation"❤️🤲
I support the Innocence Project and they have proven a lot of people to be innocent that were convicted and had their lives destroyed. I hope they can stop his execution.
Crazy she doesnt bring up the victims items he had in his possession
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
الله يرحمه ويغفرله او يقبله قبولا حسنا
Aaaaaamin
Dont expect much from MO.
My God l know you can fix it if it's your will. God bless this person their family and the victim and their families and the evil doer who have locked him down for so many years ... .God is the ultimate judge 🙏
Praying for his son, family members and loved ones during this challenging time.🙏🏾😢
As a black man im here to say that 99% of folks on death row say they are innocent just because he's black and says im innocent don't mean he's innocent .
Justice in America is a game that has nothing to do with guilt or innocence.
MARCELLUS WILLIAMS RIP 🙏
😢 really?
I'm here looking for an update 😢😢
1:57 Rushing to get to a execution date? It's been 23 years. I'm pretty sure he's out of time.
there are real questions about the evidence and trial ok ! thats the deal. the validity of the conviction not any sort of stance on death penalty itself
are you not listening?
Thank You for sharing this Video! It is Much Appreciated. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Can someone explain to me plz, if his dna is not anywhere on the scene, how is he still convicted?
It’s a lot of people going through this rite now please don’t let anyone else leave this earth like this .
So he's been on death row for 23 years, and they wait until the 11th hour?
Didn't you listen? They've been fighting for 23 years. Only one jailhouse snitch put this man on deathrow.
I'm sure he went thru many appeals thats how he system works. Sometimes prosecuters hide evidence its far to common then another prosecuter comes along after years of conffinement we have seen this quite often with inmates being released years later. A stay of execution at least in this case is warrented no one is harmed by doing so except for getting it out of the way because of the time involved his attorney is right about that.
@@specialkay4329 No, her property was on his car.
SAVE MARCELLUS WILLIAMS 💯THE WORLD IS WATCHING MISSOURI!!!😡🌎
He's gone 😢😢😢
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams
Case Facts:
On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle.
He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited.
Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds.
Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick.
After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them.
Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts.
The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse.
Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower.
He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone.
On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle.
After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported.
In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence.
Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
He wasn’t innocent period.
This is sooooooo heartbreaking 💔💔💔 they want this man dead and WHY !!!! Because they'd have to admit they allowed the real killer to roam FREE🤬🤬🤬 Shame on governor Parsons he commuted the prison sentence of the assistant coach of the Kansas City Chiefs the son of the coach, sentence for DUI almost killing a 5 YR old who's now severely disabled, Shame on these racist courts 😭
Didn’t he admit to selling the victim’s husband’s laptop to someone else after the murder? Seems pretty clear cut to anyone with a brain
I think it’s a very least this needs to be stopped and things need to be given the time to look into properly. We know how many men have been sent to death Row and our innocent has spent their lives in prison and are innocent. This is one of the most horrific atrocities of our judicial system.
We all know that here is a murderer
justice cavanugh yeah good luck wiht that
Thank you, DN, for allowing the truth to be spread.
Time for court changes too
why?
rushing? to an execution? it takes 20 years lady.
This is sad.
What is worse is soo called legally killing innocent people 😢 unbelievable
"Rushing to an execution"? From 2001? Honey, check your calendar, it's 2024 now.
It’s still 1860 to a lot of people.
@@waynesmith3767 Get real. In 1860 the lynching happened on the same day as the accusation, they didn't even take time for a trial. But go ahead & cry if it makes you feel better.
The System (that is not designed for us) Has Failed Him! Why Execute An Innocent Man When He Was Found To Be Not Guilty! Why? What Is Going To Be This Excuse?
How about presenting the evidence against him like that the victim's property was in his car.
The DNA on the knife belongs to Edward Magee who was one of the investigators of the case. That is it was introduced post crime and is absolutely irrelevant. The fact that she still presented it makes her either a liar or totally incompetent.
This is just beyond words. To take a man’s life when there is so much doubt. If even 1 innocent person gets murdered by the state then we must throw the entire system away. When the cost is so high there can be NO doubt
as I understand it there isn't even "doubt" his DNA isn't even at the scene and someone else unknown is so even the prosecutor wants it thrown out. It's just state murder. So sickening.
Mr. Williams has shed his mortal coil.
The beat goes on people judging people 😢😢😢
More liberal BS. He was caught with the victim's purse and computer and her blood stains on his shirt. His girlfriend questioned why he was wearing a coat on hot day - well, it was to cover that blood stained shirt. He even confessed and shared details of this heinous crime to a cellmate while in prison. He is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt and will finally get what he deserves.
Never happened.
@@aleathacoleman6413 What never happened? Do you have a point to make -or- are you just throwing spaghetti to see what sticks?
Another cry baby snowflake
@@woodsman12345 His attorney has enough to halt the execution even if he did it but thats not to say that he did. Whatever evidence they have against doesn't supercede his attorney he's entitled to a new trial DNA has been tampered with and even the prosecuter wants the execution halted. Guilty or innocent everyone deserves a fair trial which he obviously didn't get if what his attorney said is true.
Wake up and smell the coffee. He will not be executed.
I am against the death penalty. Marcellus Williams is overwhelmingly guilty of this brutal crime. He should spend the rest of his days in prison. The prosecutor actually wants the same thing (Alford plea with life in prison) so he also knows he’s guilty. The Innocence Project really needs to choose cases more carefully or they will lose all credibility
Well it didn't seem to take long at all for the savage racists to make it over to the comment section I seeI wish I could expect more out of humanity.😢
He said it already that he doesn't Believe in the System and that's the fact💯🤷♂️
What about the victim?!
What about the victim’s family?
They lynched that man !! Period. They are sick
This is called color blind justice
Unfortunately the death penalty has been blind more blacks have been executed then their white peers that get life sentences for the same crime. a jury of 11 whites and 1 black isn't fair lets be honest. A jury mixed properly would maybe of got him a life sentence instead od death. The prosecuter admitted to scraching 6 black jurors because he wanted the death penalty.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams
Case Facts:
On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle.
He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited.
Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds.
Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick.
After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them.
Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts.
The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse.
Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower.
He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone.
On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle.
After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported.
In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence.
Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
Henry Fonda should be in that jury. There is clear a reasonable doubt.
Death penalty is barbaric
Everyone involved with this man's trial, both prosecutor and judge, plus the VICTIMS family do NOT want this man executed tonight! Yet his case is being viewed by the US Supreme Court instead of his state of Missouri doing the right thing! Don't travel to or thru Missouri. It is a horrible place to be.
Illinois is a horrible place to be. The entire state is corrupt due to the influence of Chicago.
@@jbtrickster3590much better then racist state like yours
The victim didn't want to die either
Wow. An innocent man is dead and the real killer is still walking the streets. Crazy
It is an execution. Not a killing. I thought skin color shouldn't matter. 23 years is not a rush. Just because the victims family doesn't want him to be executed doesn't mean that he shouldn't.
There's not enough evidence to proof that he's actually guilty
He shouldn't be executed because )a There's no evidence he is guilty and )b He did not receive a fair trial. Race was used to deprive him of that fair trial.
@@k2_realest
Yes there was, which is why he was convicted in the first place.
How did he end up with the dead victim's belongings?
Regardless he was involved either way, even if someone else rendered the death blow.
@@SwankBanker Even if he was involved, the knife's DNA does not match him so death raw is not a thing
@@SwankBankersince you know so much why would the prosecutor & jury not want him executed? If the evidence was so hard core !
Wasn't the victim a journalist? Also he got the victim's possessions through his ex girlfriend who later testified against him and ended up dead the following years. Also the murder weapon did not have his DNA, instead it had police investigators' DNA due to "mishandling". Also another witness who testified against him suddenly went missing as well. Even the family of the victim asked to stop his execution and they still executed him anyway. Seems like someone really doesn't want the truth to come out.
Stop the execution!!!
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
Why?He's Guilty.
I pray 🙏 the Lord intervene in this Innocent Man case.
You journalists need to be better prepared asking your questions because that takes away time for the guest to answer the question, just my observation in many of the interviews you cover
Journalists need to study the entirety of the case, lest they look the fool.
What you expect if you pay someone to say someone against someone you know nothing about ..
This man is representee of all who could get caught up in a railroad case. May the Creator interfere and grant a stay and clemency, please to not kill an innocent man.
State of Missouri vs. Marcellus Williams
Case Facts:
On August 11, 1998, Williams drove his grandfather’s Buick LeSabre to a bus stop and caught a bus to University City. Once there, he began looking for a house to break into. Williams came across the home of Felicia Gayle.
He knocked on the front door but no one answered. Williams then knocked out a window pane near the door, reached in, unlocked the door, and entered Gayle’s home. He went to the second floor and heard water running in the shower. It was Gayle. Williams went back downstairs, rummaged through the kitchen, found a large butcher knife, and waited.
Gayle left the shower and called out, asking if anyone was there. She came down the stairs. Williams attacked, stabbing and cutting Gayle forty-three times, inflicting seven fatal wounds.
Afterwards, Williams went to an upstairs bathroom and washed off. He took a jacket and put it on to conceal the blood on his shirt. Before leaving, Williams placed Gayle’s purse and her husband’s laptop computer and black carrying case in his backpack. The purse contained, among other things, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch ruler and a calculator. Williams left out the front door and caught a bus back to the Buick.
After returning to the car, Williams picked up his girlfriend, Laura Asaro. Asaro noticed that, despite the summer heat, Williams was wearing a jacket. When he removed the jacket, Asaro noticed that Williams’ shirt was bloody and that he had scratches on his neck. Williams claimed he had been in a fight. Later in the day, Williams put his bloody clothes in his backpack and threw them into a sewer drain, claiming he no longer wanted them.
Asaro also saw a laptop computer in the car. A day or two after the murder, Williams sold the laptop to Glenn Roberts.
The next day, Asaro went to retrieve some clothes from the trunk of the car. Williams did not want her to look in the trunk and tried to push her away. Before he could, Asaro snatched a purse from the trunk. She looked inside and found Gayle’s Missouri state identification card and a black coin purse.
Asaro demanded that Williams explain why he had Gayle’s purse. Williams then confessed that the purse belonged to a woman he had killed. He explained in detail how he went into the kitchen, found a butcher knife, and waited for the woman to get out of the shower.
He further explained that when the woman came downstairs from the shower, he stabbed her in the arm and then put his hand over her mouth and stabbed her in the neck, twisting the knife as he went. After relaying the details of the murder, Williams grabbed Asaro by the throat and threatened to kill her, her children and her mother if she told anyone.
On August 31, 1998, Williams was arrested on unrelated charges and incarcerated at the St. Louis City workhouse. From April until June 1999, Williams shared a room with Henry Cole. One evening in May, Cole and Williams were watching television and saw a news report about Gayle’s murder. Shortly after the news report, Williams told Cole that he had committed the crime. Over the next few weeks, Cole and Williams had several conversations about the murder. As he had done with Laura Asaro, Williams went into considerable detail about how he broke into the house and killed Gayle.
After Cole was released from jail in June 1999, he went to the University City police and told them about Williams’ involvement in Gayle’s murder. He reported details of the crime that had never been publicly reported.
In November of 1999, University City police approached Asaro to speak with her about the murder. Asaro told the police that Williams admitted to her that he had killed Gayle. The next day, the police searched the Buick LeSabre and found the Post-Dispatch ruler and calculator belonging to Gayle. The police also recovered the laptop computer from Glenn Roberts. The laptop was identified as the one stolen from Gayle’s residence.
Williams was tried for Gayle’s murder and convicted.
@@BladderProductions Thank you so much for the case facts. the weight has been lifted off my heart.
@@bonitawilliams-anderson6820 Well, Bless your heart!
This is why they love POWER
APARTHEID JUSTICE
This is so so sad.
Bye bye......
I prayed for Marcellus William.
THIS IS SUCH A TRAVESTY IF JUSTICE
THE SUPREME COURT HAS A HISTORY OF NOT VOTING FOR EQUAL JUSTICE ESP. FOR BLACK PEOPLE
WE NEED A NEW SUPREME COURT !
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This is how the death penalty is an 8th AMENDMENT VIOLATION by definition:
1. 8th Amendment- excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT inflicted.
2. Cruel and Unusual Punishment- punishment that is TORTUROUS degrading, inhumane grossly disproportionate to the crime in question or otherwise shocking to the moral sense of the community.( see Punishment )
3. Torture-n. The infliction of intense pain to the body or mind to punish,to extract a confession or information or obtain sadistic pleasure.
Before being executed, the inmate is ask if he has any last words which is an Extraction or a Request for an Application/ Confession.
Furman v Georgia, states: the death penalty itself did not violate the constitution the manner of its Application did.
So by Definition the Death Penalty is an 8th Amendment Violation by way of Application.
Justice was served even though it was a bit late in coming.
Never prints any truth
Rest in peace and thank you for your talent
Mrs. Gayle’s personal items and purse were found in trunk of his car. The husband’s laptop was sold by him to someone who testified. He bragged to others about killing her. These things came out in court.
Stop spreading g lies please..
You didn't hear anything they said in the video. THE Prosecutor Don't Want Him to Die, If the prosecuor herd all the things your claiming then why dosen't he want the man to die?
GF's testimony.Heresy. So he's guilty of stealing. Not punishable by death.
@@jamesjingle9533 Go into the court transcript and show me where it is lies.
@@Kognitosan Victims blood was on his clothes, he bragged about to others, show me in the court transcript where he didn't do it
If they say he had the laptop why did it take so long to charge him with the murder
My only question is what took so long😂 they all say they're innocent😂
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Lord please help this man Mr. Williams this is insane😢
Father God, thank You for Marcellus life here on earth to be saved. Thank You for allowing him to be released from prison. The evidence doesn't point to Marcellus, how come he is even arrested? Thank You for the true perpetrator being held accountable. Thank You Lord for positioning all hearts involved in the legal system( judges, attorneys, prosecutors, police and jury) to be Just, thank You for removing now, those with an unpure heart, mind and spirit. In Yeshoshua's name, amen!
1.DNA never exonerated him. 2. He has long rap sheet 3. He confessed to girlfriend about doing it. 4. Victims purse and other items were in his car. 5. Girlfriend never got paid reward. 6. Jailhouse informant. 7. He bragged about it. 8. He sold the husband of the victim’s laptop.
Corrupt judicial in the state of Missouri a total disgrace.What they did was criminal and the governor will have a date with karma.
He's guilty
He is an North America Aboriginal