Call!!! Call!!! Call!!! #Repost @theshaderoom ・・・ TSR STAFF: Talia O. @theclosetratchet _______________________________________ Last August, we shared #MarcellusWilliams’ story about how he’s been locked away in prison for over 20 years for a crime he did not commit. Today, the community is putting pressure on Missouri Governor #EricGreitens to pardon Williams, because he resigned from office yesterday in the wake of a sex scandal, but still has the power to exonerate this innocent man and change his legacy. The deadline is Friday at 5 p.m.! _______________________________________ Just to give you a refresher, back in September of 1998, Williams was convicted of stabbing 42-year-old Felicia Gayle, a former reporter at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 43 times in her home. New evidence showed that Williams’ DNA was not found on the murder weapon, but court documents say that the evidence was not available when Williams went to trial in 2001. _______________________________________ “When you’re stabbing, DNA transfers because of restriction and force. If you’re stabbing anyone, you have a good chance of transferring your DNA because of that force,” forensic DNA expert and biologist Greg Hampikian said. He added that the analysis of DNA on the knife “isn’t enough to incriminate someone, but it is enough to exclude somebody.” _______________________________________ In addition to this, bloody footprints found at the crime scene did not match Williams’ shoe size! Also, two witness testimonies were given and according to social justice warrior #AlisonBrettschneider over at @25Park, one of the witnesses, who has since passed away, confessed that he lied on the witness stand. He said he needed $10,000 and lesser —(View more at TheShadeRoom.Com!) 📸: @25Park