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Missouri Civil Rights Leader Issues Last-Minute Demand to Spare Inmate From Execution: 'Incredible Miscarriage of Justice'

Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on September 24. (Credit: Lawyer Herald)

As the clock ticks down toward Marcellus Williams' scheduled execution, a prominent Missouri civil rights leader is making a last-ditch plea to halt what he calls "an incredible miscarriage of justice," joining a half-million voices urging the state to reconsider the fate of a man many believe to be innocent.

Missouri's NAACP President Nimrod Chapel Jr. is not alone, as over a half-million other people are advocating for the exoneration of Marcellus Williams, whom they believe is innocent.

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