'When you close your eyes all you see is blood.' - Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams was left paralyzed from the waist down in a 2020 shooting that killed his friend Marcia Brown in north ºüÀêÊÓƵ. He is awaiting the suspect's trial, but concentrates on trying to get on with his life. Video by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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ºüÀêÊÓƵ prosecutors are wrestling with staffing and workload issues, leaving cases to languish. Crime victims and their relatives are left wondering when justice will be served.
A murder case that dragged on for four years in part due to staff turnover and organizational dysfunction in the city prosecutor's office was finally resolved Friday with a 20-year prison sentence.
