CLAYTON, Mo. – Attorneys for death row inmate Marcellus Williams are pointing to contaminated murder weapon and no sign of the convicted man’s DNA in the hopes of sparing their client from execution next month.
The hearing before Judge Bruce Hilton at the St. Louis County Courthouse was originally scheduled to take place on August 22 but never happened after other developments unfolded.
Williams is set to be executed on September 24 for the murder of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle. Williams has always maintained his innocence…