Mo. NAACP's Nimrod Chapel speaks about Marcellus Williams agreement
Nimrod Chapel, president of Missouri NAACP, speaks to reporters outside the courthouse in Clayton about a deal prosecutors reached with Marcellus “Khaliifah†Williams that changes Williams death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. The change in sentencing came about five weeks before Williams' scheduled execution date for the murder of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed 43 times in her suburban home in August 1998. He was convicted of the killing in a 2001 trial.
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Marcellus Williams was in court Wednesday for a hearing to determine if he was innocent. Instead, lawyers made the surprise announcement that Williams had agreed to plead no contest.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Attorneys sparred Wednesday morning in court while questioning experts an…
Wednesday's court-ordered hearing — which will likely decide Williams' fate — was tense and adversarial. Six hours of testimony rehashing evidence in the case were littered with objections and interjections.
