S14 Ep34: Marcellus Williams Execution Scheduled

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In 2017 Marcellus Williams avoided being executed for a crime he did not commit by just 4 hours. Bob covered his case at the time, and engaged the Truth & Justice Army in the fight to free this innocent man. Since then, a new Governor has taken charge in Missouri and he has since lifted the former Governor's stay on the execution and dissolved the board of inquiry that had been investigating the case. This week the Missouri Supreme Court set an execution date for Williams, and the Innocence Project has asked for our help to save Marcellus Williams' life.

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0:30.1	Breaking news the clock running out from Missouri death row inmate, and we have learned now that the governor of Missouri has issued a stay in the execution of Marcellus Williams execution.
0:40.7	That execution was set to happen tonight at 7 PM in Missouri. The
0:46.3	governor has issued a stay because his attorneys have come out and said there was
0:49.9	new DNA evidence that shows that he did not commit this murder and that the 48 year old is innocent.
1:00.5	The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is that good men and women do nothing.
1:10.0	I am simply a mouthpiece for good people from around the world
1:14.0	who want to make a difference. The engagement and the involvement of ordinary people is what is going to change our criminal justice system.
1:36.4	Many have tried and failed.
1:39.4	The only difference between them and me is I'm bringing an army with me. This is Truth and Justice.
1:51.0	Hello and welcome back to Truth In Justice.
1:55.0	The cold open you just heard was the beginning of a special episode that I aired back in 2017
2:01.0	during a week where a terrible tragedy was narrowly avoided by just four hours.
2:07.0	Marcellus Williams is an innocent man who has now been sitting on death row in Missouri for 24 years.
2:15.0	I originally introduced his case to my audience in 2017
2:20.0	when just four hours before he was going to be murdered by the state of Missouri,
2:24.0	the governor stayed his execution.
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