TSR Staff China! China_lovelace ___________________________________ #TSRUpdatez: #Roommates, the Missouri Supreme Court and the state’s governor both have rejected pleas to halt the execution of #MarcellusWilliams. According to cbsnews, an attorney for Williams argued Monday that the state Supreme Court should halt the lethal injection because a trial attorney prevented a Black man who he thought looked similar to the defendant from serving on the jury. However the court rejected that argument.  ___________________________________ The court said in its decision, “Despite nearly a quarter century of litigation in both state and federal courts, there is no credible evidence of actual innocence or any showing of a constitutional error undermining confidence in the original judgment.” ___________________________________ Williams, 55 has asserted his innocence for the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in the St. Louis suburb of University City. Reports state his attorney did not pursue ...