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STOP THE SEPT 24 EXECUTION OF MARCELLUS WILLIAMS

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Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for a crime he did not commit. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell conceded that the prior administration committed constitutional errors contributing to Marcellus’ unreliable murder conviction and death sentence. Despite this, St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Hilton denied the motion to vacate his conviction, and his execution will go forward unless Gov. Parson or the courts intervene.

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a young boy named Bruce Chambers is in custody on pretty extreme charges, which his family claims are false. i really think life +245 years is pretty heinous for armed assault and robbery, whether he did it or not. it's asking for 500 sigs and it has 350.

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In 1989 the men — then teenagers — were arrested in connection with the rape and assault of a white female jogger, and eventually convicted in a case that came to symbolize the stark injustices black and brown people experience within the legal system and in media coverage. They were convicted based partly on police-coerced confessions, and each spent between six and 13-plus years in prison for charges including attempted murder, rape and assault.

The men maintained their innocence throughout the case, trial and prison terms, and all were exonerated after Matias Reyes, a convicted murderer and serial rapist, confessed to the crime in 2002. In 2014, they were awarded a $41 million settlement, though the City of New York denied any wrongdoing.