but now we're looking at a family who had to relive this again felicia gayle's family have to relive this all over again. and as the prosecutor, i can't look them in the eye and say, the right person was punished, punished because we don't know that's the scariest aspects of this. and also very difficult to maintain faith in the system that prosecutors you and i know how impactful and how much we can control certain aspects of it. and to know that you were fighting to understand the integrity of the conviction and that's done we have to our job, we have to recommend folks go to jail sometime. >> that's part of our job. but it's also part of our job to make certain they're safe cards tim. sure. that we get it right. even if that means 20 years later. and so even though this case predated me, it was our offices still had an obligation to do everything that we could to make certain that justice was serve and we fought and i'm written it's tough. it's tough. >> it's very emotional to think about what happened at 7:00 p.m. tonight wesley bell. thank you so much and thank you all r watchin

williams was sentenced to death in the 1998 murder of felicia gayle.aintained his innocence and no forensic evidence like dna, hair, or fingerprints linked him to the crime. yesterday a judge ruled there is no basis for a court to find williams innocent. he's set to be executed by lethal injection later on this month, and his lawyers are expected to request clemency from the governor. >>> and "the new york times" reports harvey weinstein is facing a new sealed indictment in new york. the new york grand jury indicted the disgraced movie mogul on thursday as the manhattan district attorney's office prepares to retry weinstein after a reversal of his rape conviction in april. weinstein, who is recuperating after emergency heart surgery, did not appear in court. the new indictment remains sealed until arraignment so the charges are not yet known. >>> and still to come, spice alert. why you should check the cinnamon in your pantry. cinnamo. dupixent can help people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. so this is better. even this. dupixent is

williams has been on death row since 2001 when he was convicted of the 1998 stabbing murder of felicia gayle. prosecutor said at the time, williams told to people he killed gayle during a burglary williams has adamantly maintained his innocence. in 2017, then governor eric greitens launched a commission to review his case. but in 2023, current missouri governor michael parson disbanded the effort over the weekend, st. louis prosecutor wesley bell and williams attorney jonathan pops, filed a rare joint motion asking the missouri supreme court to halt williams execution and send the case back to a lower court at monday's hearing, attorneys argued williams rights were violated during the trial to trial, prosecutor in marcellus williams case has admitted under oath that he struck a juror in part because of his race. that is the undefeated admission. >> but an attorney for missouri attorney general, andrew bailey's office disagreed. >> he said they looked like brothers and they say that is an admission but this strike is race-based. no, it's not attorneys for williams also argued dna evidence tha

williams was convicted of the 1998 murder of felicia gayle, who was stabbed more than 40 times in herm brangham explains, he maintained his innocence throughout decades of incarceration. >> no physical evidence ever linked marcellus williams to the crime scene, and there was only one black person on the jury that convicted him. earlier this year, the st. louis county prosecutor filed a motion to overturn the conviction, calling it "a manifest injustice." it cited a lack of credible evidence, ineffective trial counsel, and racial discrimination in jury selection. for more on this case, we're joined by jonathan potts, he was marcellus williams' lead trial lawyer. jonathan, thank you so much for being here. i know this has got to be an awful day for you all. i wonder if you could -- how are you doing, how is the defense team doing and mr. williams' family doing? >> thank you. as you can imagine, everyone is devastated right now. it's been a very emotionally draining past 72 hours. there have been a lot of efforts and support to keep mr. williams alive but obviously we failed last night.

williams has been on death row since 2001 when he was convicted of the 1998 stabbing murder of felicia gayle, prosecutor said at the time, williams told two people he killed gayle during a burglary, but williams has adamantly maintained his innocence in 2017, then governor eric greitens launched a commission to review his case. but in 2023, current missouri governor michael parson disbanded the effort over the weekend. st. louis prosecutor wesley bell and williams, attorney jonathan pots, filed a rare joint motion asking them missouri supreme court to halt williams execution and send the case back to a lower court at monday's hearing, attorneys argued williams rights were violated during the trial the trial prosecutor in marcellus williams case has admitted under oath that he struck a juror in part because of his race. >> that it's an undefeated admission, but an attorney for missouri attorney general, andrew bailey's office disagreed. >> he said they looked like brothers and they say that is an admission that strike is race-based. >> know it's not attorneys for williams also argued dna evid

vacate his conviction to bring you up to speed on this williams was convicted of the murder of felicia gayle in 1998 and was sentenced to death. he has long maintained his innocence back in january st. louis county prosecutor wesley bell filed a request to have williams's conviction overturned after testing found his dna was not on the murder weapon, the dna argument broke down when new testing showed the weapon had been mishandled and contaminated, they'll then announced an agreement with williams to get him off death row and re sentenced to life in prison. but it was blocked by the state's republican attorney general andrew bailey, who is seeking reelection. bailey appealed to the state supreme court, which ordered a judge to hold an evidentiary hearing and issue a ruling. and on thursday that judge wrote this, there is no basis for a court to find that williams is innocent and no court has made such a filing. marcellus williams i execution is set for september 24, and st. louis county prosecutor, wesley bell joins us. doubt we should mention he's also running for congress and mr. bell. le

execution that scheduled for ten days from now marcellus williams was convicted in the 1998 murder of felicia gayle of the office of the prosecutor, that handled the case. as the court to throw the conviction out. because overwhelming evidence showed williams trial was unfair. well, this week, a judge rejected that. he wrote there is no basis for court to find that williams is innocent and no court has made such a finding. williams is guilty of first-degree murder and has been sentenced to death judge glenda hatchett is with us. she's host of the verdict with judge hatchett. thank you for being with me. so the issue here and we've talked about this several times now is that the prosecutors office, i want people to remember this is the prosecutor's office. they say that the weapon here was mishandled. they had to dna tests and found other dna turned out to be some from the detective, some from the prosecutor at the time of the case they submitted that or they were going to submit it. and unfortunately for mr. williams, the judge said that's not enough. we're moving forward. is he right here? >> i do

louis, a woman named felicia gayle.ed 43 times with a butcher knife during a burglary of her home. gayle was only for 42-years-old. she was a social worker and she was a former journalist with the st. louis post-dispatch. now, marcellus williams was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001, based on the testimony of his girlfriend at the time who said that she saw the victim's purse and laptop in his car? and the testimony of his cellmate, who testified that williams admitted to the killing. williams defense attorneys argued that both witnesses were unreliable and had other motives, including reward money there was no forensic evidence linking marcellus williams to the horrific crime and his dna was not found on the murder weapon. since his conviction. questions have been raised about whether a trial prosecutor wrongfully excluded a potential juror who was black, and whether that was done for racial reasons. but the state denied that in a recent hearing on monday of this week, the missouri supreme court rejected a reque