Verkkothe complicated turn of events happened on the day that st. Louis county circuit judge bruce hinton was supposed to oversee a hearing requested. Verkkowilliams, who was on death row for the 1998 killing of a former reporter, accepted an alford plea that spared him from execution. (ap) — the missouri supreme court blocked an agreement that would spare the life of a man on death row. Verkkoa missouri judge is holding held an evidentiary hearing wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate marcellus williams, whose quest to. Louis county judge is weighing evidence in a proceeding that could free marcellus williams from death row. He is sentenced to be executed on. Verkkolouis (ap) — marcellus williams thought the dna evidence was enough to remove him from missouri’s death row, perhaps even free him from. Williams was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the 1998 killing of felicia gayle, a former reporter for the st. (ap) — the missouri supreme court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate marcellus williams. Verkkomissouri death row inmate marcellus williams is expected to be resentenced to life without parole under a consent judgment reached wednesday,.