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Mark Christesen, Mark Gill, Marcellus Williams, Marvin Rice

Updated: Dec 28, 2020

This year in Missouri, we carried out one of the three possible executions scheduled for the year – Mark Christesen in January. In May, a jury gave Mark Gill life without parole, in spite of prosecuting attorney Morley Swingle’s persistent efforts for the death penalty. In August, we successfully petitioned Gov. Eric Greitens with 260,000 signatures to stay the execution of Marcellus Williams as the Missouri Supreme Court refused to hear DNA evidence proving his innocence.

This past week, however, a judge sentenced Marvin Rice to death, although 11 out of 12 jurors had previously wanted life without parole for him.


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