22-08-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com

Marcellus Williams execution delayed after DNA test raises question about his guilt

Missouri Governor Eric Geitens has delayed the execution of Marcellus Williams after DNA evidence has come to light in the murder case of Lisha Gayle.The Missouri Supreme Court had delayed his execution in 2015 to allow for further DNA testing, but the state was planning to proceed with it despite the new evidence.Ms Gayle, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who became a social worker, was killed during an 11 August 1998 robbery at her home in a gated community in a suburb of St L
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