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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 2, 2024 6:46:07 GMT -6
St. Louis Co. Prosecuting Attorney Bell proposes allowing prosecutors to stay executionsCLAYTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Following the execution of a 55-year-old Missouri man last week, a St. Louis-area public official is proposing top prosecutors should be given more power to temporarily pause executions.
The State of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams last week for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle in University City.
Testimony from a jailhouse informant and the ex-girlfriend of Williams helped convict him, along with Gayle’s stolen items found with Williams.
No evidence directly pointed to Williams being inside of Gayle’s home.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell used a 2021 law to file a motion to vacate Williams’ conviction based on the lack of DNA evidence on the murder weapon, a knife, which was contaminated by the prosecutors who handled the case back in 1998 leading up to the 2001 conviction of Williams.
Bell argues the Missouri legislature and U.S. Congress should give prosecutors the ability to stay executions while appeal processes proceed.
The Missouri Supreme Court allowed Williams’ execution date to remain in place as Williams’ evidentiary hearing proceeded before a St. Louis County judge in August.
“We were running out of time because we couldn’t stay the execution, and so we couldn’t do a thorough investigation as we wanted to,” Bell told First Alert 4. “Give the prosecutor with original jurisdiction at least the ability to stay an execution if there is a motion to vacate. I hope that we’re never executing people, but if you are, you have to do everything in your power to have safeguards to make sure you got it right.”
A St. Louis County judge, the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court all upheld Williams’ conviction.
Governor Mike Parson denied Williams clemency.
Bell said his office requested to meet with Parson, but the meeting never happened.
“Had I been able to talk to the governor, we could have walked him through what the evidence actually was,” Bell added.
Governor Parson’s office sent First Alert 4 the following statement:
“We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/01/st-louis-co-prosecuting-attorney-bell-proposes-allowing-prosecutors-stay-executions/
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Post by Aesa on Oct 2, 2024 7:08:45 GMT -6
I am not surprised in the least that Bell would suggest such a stupid idea.
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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 2, 2024 7:24:42 GMT -6
I am not surprised in the least that Bell would suggest such a stupid idea. Thank you - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's a stupid idea. Guess he's still butthurt over losing the Marcellus Williams battle with the courts. |
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Post by Aesa on Oct 2, 2024 7:31:53 GMT -6
I am not surprised in the least that Bell would suggest such a stupid idea. Thank you - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's a stupid idea. Guess he's still butthurt over losing the Marcellus Williams battle with the courts. Bob McCullough may have been a democrat, but I miss him as the DA. Bell is a freakin' racist joke. If Williams had been a white guy he never would have said a word. Bet on it. He was just pandering. |
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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 2, 2024 7:56:09 GMT -6
Thank you - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's a stupid idea. Guess he's still butthurt over losing the Marcellus Williams battle with the courts. Bob McCullough may have been a democrat, but I miss him as the DA. Bell is a freakin' racist joke. If Williams had been a white guy he never would have said a word. Bet on it. He was just pandering. Yeah, I was always impressed with the knowledge and fairness of McCullough. I could be mistaken but didn't Bell pick this case up from Gardner? Wouldn't that be a conflict of interest? Prosecutors prosecute and seek the death penalty and now he wants prosecutors to stay executions?  ? |
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Post by Billy John Davy on Oct 2, 2024 7:59:13 GMT -6
hahahhahaha
NO!
Good luck in Congress Stringer Bell
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Post by gotscha on Oct 2, 2024 8:18:41 GMT -6
hahahhahaha NO! Good luck in Congress Stringer Bell The 1st District will get the same, incompetent representation they've had for decades now. Bell might be a slight improvement over lazy Laci Clay and crazy Cori Bush (with dishonorable mention to Laci's father Bill Clay who was also lazy as hell), but then the bar for Bell isn't very high. The 1st District is so used to having people who rarely bother to show up to work represent them. But they were all good at sniffing out a camera for their insane pronouncements. |
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Post by fusillijerry on Oct 2, 2024 8:58:03 GMT -6
Thank you - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's a stupid idea. Guess he's still butthurt over losing the Marcellus Williams battle with the courts. Bob McCullough may have been a democrat, but I miss him as the DA. Bell is a freakin' racist joke. If Williams had been a white guy he never would have said a word. Bet on it. He was just pandering. Bob McCulloch was a miserable circuit attorney with a terrible CA's office. He/they did not give a damn about a victim if they were a City of St Louis resident. I speak from personal experience and have heard the same from others. |
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Post by fusillijerry on Oct 2, 2024 9:05:46 GMT -6
hahahhahaha NO! Good luck in Congress Stringer Bell The 1st District will get the same, incompetent representation they've had for decades now. Bell might be a slight improvement over lazy Laci Clay and crazy Cori Bush (with dishonorable mention to Laci's father Bill Clay who was also lazy as hell), but then the bar for Bell isn't very high. The 1st District is so used to having people who rarely bother to show up to work represent them. But they were all good at sniffing out a camera for their insane pronouncements. You may be right but I'm one of many much relieved not to no longer have the racist and corrupt Cori Bush as my congressional rep. I know I won't be happy how he votes but the previous reps you mentioned were corrupt as hell. Bell did show good judgement in not prosecuting Darren Wilson. And I'd say chances are good he won't be stirring up the dead enders in Ferguson on a yearly basis. That's a major improvement for the district. |
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Post by captbudman on Oct 2, 2024 9:19:19 GMT -6
St. Louis Co. Prosecuting Attorney Bell proposes allowing prosecutors to stay executionsCLAYTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Following the execution of a 55-year-old Missouri man last week, a St. Louis-area public official is proposing top prosecutors should be given more power to temporarily pause executions.
The State of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams last week for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle in University City.
Testimony from a jailhouse informant and the ex-girlfriend of Williams helped convict him, along with Gayle’s stolen items found with Williams.
No evidence directly pointed to Williams being inside of Gayle’s home.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell used a 2021 law to file a motion to vacate Williams’ conviction based on the lack of DNA evidence on the murder weapon, a knife, which was contaminated by the prosecutors who handled the case back in 1998 leading up to the 2001 conviction of Williams.
Bell argues the Missouri legislature and U.S. Congress should give prosecutors the ability to stay executions while appeal processes proceed.
The Missouri Supreme Court allowed Williams’ execution date to remain in place as Williams’ evidentiary hearing proceeded before a St. Louis County judge in August.
“We were running out of time because we couldn’t stay the execution, and so we couldn’t do a thorough investigation as we wanted to,” Bell told First Alert 4. “Give the prosecutor with original jurisdiction at least the ability to stay an execution if there is a motion to vacate. I hope that we’re never executing people, but if you are, you have to do everything in your power to have safeguards to make sure you got it right.”
A St. Louis County judge, the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court all upheld Williams’ conviction.
Governor Mike Parson denied Williams clemency.
Bell said his office requested to meet with Parson, but the meeting never happened.
“Had I been able to talk to the governor, we could have walked him through what the evidence actually was,” Bell added.
Governor Parson’s office sent First Alert 4 the following statement:
“We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/01/st-louis-co-prosecuting-attorney-bell-proposes-allowing-prosecutors-stay-executions/ He's won his primary, so now he has to go back to the war on the PoPo so he's accepted in Congress. A prosecutor's job is to pursue justice and hold thugs accountable. Once the jury delivers it's verdict, the State needs to carry it out. The problem with death penalty cases is that they take too long to carry out. |
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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 2, 2024 11:22:00 GMT -6
St. Louis Co. Prosecuting Attorney Bell proposes allowing prosecutors to stay executionsCLAYTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Following the execution of a 55-year-old Missouri man last week, a St. Louis-area public official is proposing top prosecutors should be given more power to temporarily pause executions.
The State of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams last week for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle in University City.
Testimony from a jailhouse informant and the ex-girlfriend of Williams helped convict him, along with Gayle’s stolen items found with Williams.
No evidence directly pointed to Williams being inside of Gayle’s home.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell used a 2021 law to file a motion to vacate Williams’ conviction based on the lack of DNA evidence on the murder weapon, a knife, which was contaminated by the prosecutors who handled the case back in 1998 leading up to the 2001 conviction of Williams.
Bell argues the Missouri legislature and U.S. Congress should give prosecutors the ability to stay executions while appeal processes proceed.
The Missouri Supreme Court allowed Williams’ execution date to remain in place as Williams’ evidentiary hearing proceeded before a St. Louis County judge in August.
“We were running out of time because we couldn’t stay the execution, and so we couldn’t do a thorough investigation as we wanted to,” Bell told First Alert 4. “Give the prosecutor with original jurisdiction at least the ability to stay an execution if there is a motion to vacate. I hope that we’re never executing people, but if you are, you have to do everything in your power to have safeguards to make sure you got it right.”
A St. Louis County judge, the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court all upheld Williams’ conviction.
Governor Mike Parson denied Williams clemency.
Bell said his office requested to meet with Parson, but the meeting never happened.
“Had I been able to talk to the governor, we could have walked him through what the evidence actually was,” Bell added.
Governor Parson’s office sent First Alert 4 the following statement:
“We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/01/st-louis-co-prosecuting-attorney-bell-proposes-allowing-prosecutors-stay-executions/ He's won his primary, so now he has to go back to the war on the PoPo so he's accepted in Congress. A prosecutor's job is to pursue justice and hold thugs accountable. Once the jury delivers it's verdict, the State needs to carry it out. T he problem with death penalty cases is that they take too long to carry out.TRUTH! I don't know how many appeals they are supposed to get but considering the statement from Parson's office: “We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”More than 15 court hearings? That's a bunch of BS |
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Post by captbudman on Oct 2, 2024 14:19:17 GMT -6
He's won his primary, so now he has to go back to the war on the PoPo so he's accepted in Congress. A prosecutor's job is to pursue justice and hold thugs accountable. Once the jury delivers it's verdict, the State needs to carry it out. T he problem with death penalty cases is that they take too long to carry out.TRUTH! I don't know how many appeals they are supposed to get but considering the statement from Parson's office: “We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”More than 15 court hearings? That's a bunch of BSHis whining was about the execution of a black thug. The thug broke into a woman's house in U-City, stabbed her 40+ times, and then stole her husband's jacket (he was covered with blood) and computer (laptop). Bell complained that (1) the prosecutor asked to exclude a black juror and (2) touched a weapon w/o gloves, a standard practice in the era before DNA. Because there's no DNA, Bell wanted to give the murderer life w/o parole, which the dead thug agreed to. Now, if he's innocent, why would the thug agree to life in prison w/o parole instead of wanting complete exoneration? Also, Bell never mentioned that the killer's girlfriend saw the computer and laptop in his the thugs car, or that the police found both items in the car when they arrested him. Simple question: If he had nothing to do with her murder, how did the jacket and laptop end up in the thug's car? The StL PD and MSM doesn't discuss that fact. |
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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 2, 2024 17:25:34 GMT -6
TRUTH! I don't know how many appeals they are supposed to get but considering the statement from Parson's office: “We are not aware that Mr. Bell ever reached out wanting a meeting with Governor Parson. We also know that Mr. Bell parroted the same innocence claims as Mr. Williams and his attorneys, all of which had been rejected by the Courts. Our office did meet with Mr. Williams’ attorneys, per our standard practice. Ultimately, Governor Parson concurred with over two decades of judicial proceedings and more than 15 court hearings rejecting innocence and confirming Mr. Williams’ guilt.”More than 15 court hearings? That's a bunch of BSHis whining was about the execution of a black thug. The thug broke into a woman's house in U-City, stabbed her 40+ times, and then stole her husband's jacket (he was covered with blood) and computer (laptop). Bell complained that (1) the prosecutor asked to exclude a black juror and (2) touched a weapon w/o gloves, a standard practice in the era before DNA. Because there's no DNA, Bell wanted to give the murderer life w/o parole, which the dead thug agreed to. Now, if he's innocent, why would the thug agree to life in prison w/o parole instead of wanting complete exoneration? Also, Bell never mentioned that the killer's girlfriend saw the computer and laptop in his the thugs car, or that the police found both items in the car when they arrested him. Simple question: If he had nothing to do with her murder, how did the jacket and laptop end up in the thug's car? The StL PD and MSM doesn't discuss that fact. He needs to talk to his brothers about breaking the law and getting caught! |
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Post by Aesa on Oct 2, 2024 17:35:59 GMT -6
His whining was about the execution of a black thug. The thug broke into a woman's house in U-City, stabbed her 40+ times, and then stole her husband's jacket (he was covered with blood) and computer (laptop). Bell complained that (1) the prosecutor asked to exclude a black juror and (2) touched a weapon w/o gloves, a standard practice in the era before DNA. Because there's no DNA, Bell wanted to give the murderer life w/o parole, which the dead thug agreed to. Now, if he's innocent, why would the thug agree to life in prison w/o parole instead of wanting complete exoneration? Also, Bell never mentioned that the killer's girlfriend saw the computer and laptop in his the thugs car, or that the police found both items in the car when they arrested him. Simple question: If he had nothing to do with her murder, how did the jacket and laptop end up in the thug's car? The StL PD and MSM doesn't discuss that fact. He needs to talk to his brothers about breaking the law and getting caught! too late for that. |
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Post by stargatebabe on Oct 3, 2024 6:33:07 GMT -6
He needs to talk to his brothers about breaking the law and getting caught! too late for that. Actually, for some, it's been too late for years but maybe he can reach the younger kids? |
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