The Missouri Supreme Court has intervened in the case of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, blocking an agreement that would have seen him resentenced to life without parole. This decision comes after new DNA evidence complicated Williams' innocence claim just over a month before his scheduled execution.
The state Supreme Court directed the St. Louis County Circuit Court to set aside the consent judgment reached on Wednesday and scheduled an evidentiary hearing to be completed by September 13. The lower court may seek a stay of Williams' execution date on September 24 while the proceedings unfold.
