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The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life ofdeath row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution.The ruling late Wednesday came hours after St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton approved a plan allowing Williams to enter a new no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle. Though Williams lawyers said he still maintained he was innocent, the plea acknowledged evidence was sufficient for a conviction.Williams would have been sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. Instead, thescheduled Sept. 24 executionis still on, pending a hearing before Hinton on Williams innocence claim. That hearing had originally been scheduled to begin Wednesday. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell had stanley cup asked the judge to vacate Williams murder conviction based on DNA testing that found other DNA mdash; but not that of Williams md stanley cup ash; on the knife used to kill Gayle. Marcellus Williams. Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File But a new DNA test report released this week showed that handling of the murder weapon decades ago by a former assistant prosecutor and a former investigator conta stanley cup minated the evidence so much that it wa Vcih A psychiatrist explains how to talk to someone who may be considering suicide
Thirty-four criminal cases will be thrown out as authorities investigate three Baltimore police officers accused of planting evidence at crime scenes, officials announced Friday night.Approximately 123 cases areunder review after body camera footage appeared to show an officer planting illicit drugs at a crime scene in January, said Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore s state s attorney.Mosby said her office has dismissed or will dismiss cases that soley relied on the officers credibility. Where these officers are material and necessary witnesses, we are dismissin skechers g those cases, which rely exclusively on the credibility of these officers, she said. Seventy-seven cases are still under review, while 12 other cases are moving forward, Mosby said. As I have stated before, it is incumbent upon us as prosecutors to be the ministers of justice and to do what s right in the pursuit of justice, over convictions, while simultaneously prioritizing public safety, she said. jordan Body cam video allegedly shows officer planting drugs 02:08 Chief Counsel Antonio Gioia said the cases dropped were felony drug and free-standing firearms cases. Following the discovery of the 90 sec nike dunk ond video, one officer was suspended, and two others were placed on desk duty while the Office of Professi
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life ofdeath row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution.The ruling late Wednesday came hours after St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton approved a plan allowing Williams to enter a new no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle. Though Williams lawyers said he still maintained he was innocent, the plea acknowledged evidence was sufficient for a conviction.Williams would have been sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. Instead, thescheduled Sept. 24 executionis still on, pending a hearing before Hinton on Williams innocence claim. That hearing had originally been scheduled to begin Wednesday. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell had stanley cup asked the judge to vacate Williams murder conviction based on DNA testing that found other DNA mdash; but not that of Williams md stanley cup ash; on the knife used to kill Gayle. Marcellus Williams. Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File But a new DNA test report released this week showed that handling of the murder weapon decades ago by a former assistant prosecutor and a former investigator conta stanley cup minated the evidence so much that it wa Vcih A psychiatrist explains how to talk to someone who may be considering suicide
Thirty-four criminal cases will be thrown out as authorities investigate three Baltimore police officers accused of planting evidence at crime scenes, officials announced Friday night.Approximately 123 cases areunder review after body camera footage appeared to show an officer planting illicit drugs at a crime scene in January, said Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore s state s attorney.Mosby said her office has dismissed or will dismiss cases that soley relied on the officers credibility. Where these officers are material and necessary witnesses, we are dismissin skechers g those cases, which rely exclusively on the credibility of these officers, she said. Seventy-seven cases are still under review, while 12 other cases are moving forward, Mosby said. As I have stated before, it is incumbent upon us as prosecutors to be the ministers of justice and to do what s right in the pursuit of justice, over convictions, while simultaneously prioritizing public safety, she said. jordan Body cam video allegedly shows officer planting drugs 02:08 Chief Counsel Antonio Gioia said the cases dropped were felony drug and free-standing firearms cases. Following the discovery of the 90 sec nike dunk ond video, one officer was suspended, and two others were placed on desk duty while the Office of Professi