Last night the state of Missouri executed 55 year old Marcellus Williams

over the objections of the local prosecutor and against the wishes of the

murdered victim's spouse. Williams was convicted of the 1998 murder of Felicia Gale,

who was stabbed more than 40 times in her home

in suburban St. Louis.

As William Bringham explains, Williams maintained his innocence throughout decades of incarceration.

Jeff, no physical evidence ever linked Marcellus Williams to the crime scene, and there was only one black person on the jury that convicted him

earlier this year the St. Louis County prosecutor filed a motion to overturn the conviction

calling it a quote manifest injustice.

It cited a lack of credible evidence, ineffective trial counsel, and racial discrimination

in jury selection.

For more on this case, we are joined by Jonathan Potts.

He was Marcellus Williams lead trial lawyer.

Jonathan, thank you so much for being here.

I know this has got to be an awful day for you all.

And I wonder if you could just, how are you doing? How's the defense team doing?

How's Mr Williams family doing?

Thank you. How's Mr. Williams family doing?

Thank you, William.

As you can imagine, everyone's devastated right now.

It's been a very emotionally draining past 72 hours.

There's been a lot of effort and a lot of support

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