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class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Busta Rhymes<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Missouri Executing ‘Potentially Innocent’ Man …<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Plea Falls on Deaf Ears<\/span><br \/>\n <\/h2>\n<p> <br \/>\n <\/header>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\" readability=\"36.7804878049\">\n<section id=\"cb-e2a31c0561765f64b2237a613123ecec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2f191933-b845-45d8-adde-d363fdac9226-1623570703-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2f191933-b845-45d8-adde-d363fdac9226-1623570703-play-btn\"><br \/>\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play 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Marcellus Williams<\/strong> was pronounced dead at 6:10 PM CT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-585ea8aac550a08a3096bd75df9b22fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-divider-block canvas-divider-block-permalink canvas-divider-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-204f2c244228075fcf3d8e2d9e5f710f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"26.1123595506\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/busta-rhymes\/\"><strong>Busta Rhymes<\/strong><\/a> is going to bat for a Missouri man who’s scheduled to be executed later today — but hip hop’s Dungeon Dragon insists the state’s ignoring evidence as time runs out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-60bc71e5d9003f2c1586859de3e0dd43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink 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However, he recently rejected the inmate’s clemency request for life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34e43a3f31c74f3c9c720f17227c3c8e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-34e43a3f31c74f3c9c720f17227c3c8e-177956670-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"27.0833333333\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.66666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even the PROSECUTOR asked for Marcellus Williams\u2019 conviction to be vacated but he is still scheduled to be executed next week, despite DNA evidence.<br \/>I\u2019m so tired of having to fight for innocent Black lives but I\u2019m even more tired of losing them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/etqN4ARfwx\">pic.twitter.com\/etqN4ARfwx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angel Jones, PhD (@AngelJonesPhD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelJonesPhD\/status\/1836846090307698844?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelJonesPhD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@AngelJonesPhD<\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-54fe6c240e21f71938a218969fd30dc1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Busta passionately argues the DNA evidence prosecutors later discovered should be more than enough to vacate Williams’ execution, and facts — not politics — should guide Gov. Parson to seek justice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fa952eb43a406b104ee449dd47322982\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default \" readability=\"-24\">\n<div id=\"cb-fa952eb43a406b104ee449dd47322982-2096450501-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>\n View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-41fc662b0988667ff437c23c12382b7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Williams was convicted of the 1998 murder of a St. Louis woman named <strong>Felicia Gayle<\/strong>, who was stabbed to death during a home invasion burglary in her home, but he’s maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-88c865ae84c8e6f9637c84a4929d9362\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The Midwest Innocence Project had sought to get his conviction overturned based on not only the DNA, but also the fact prosecutors excluded a juror based on his race. The state Supreme Court had already denied that appeal — and, on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to stay his execution.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a834a39f62ee725a5f45513b2d7d8e5d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e18af39b359f2663483c162513d8128d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Williams’ lethal injection is scheduled for 6 PM Central Time, and Gov. 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