Justice Will Be Served

As I was scrolling through the internet and my social media, right in front of my eyes was exploding this huge miscarriage of justice: A black man in Missouri named Marcellus Williams was committed of a crime back in 1997 with no DNA or any evidence connecting him to the crime...A white female reporter was stabbed in her home late one night and the only reason why they pinned the crime on Marcellus Williams was because two unreliable informants wrongfully pointed their fingers at Marcellus for their own personal gain: One informant only came forward to wrongfully accuse him because she wanted to collect the $10,000 reward and the other was a jailhouse snitch who was approached by law enforcement to give a bogus story to deliver the last nail in his coffin. Read the article here. These false testimonies led to Marcellus William's pending execution....Even though there was nothing connecting him to the crime and the blood found on the knife of the murder weapon did not even match his DNA...When I first discovered this online, there was only one day left to try to overturn this egregious and inhumane punishment. I quickly copied and reposted the video of his supporters and ubiquituous news articles from CNN to spread the word all over my social media to sign the petition to Governer Eric Greitens to stop this unlawful execution from occurring. I was hoping against hope that the Governer would come to his senses and prevent this from happening because as it got down to the wire all of Marcellus William's supporters had trouble reaching Governer Greitens.  But thankfully all of the work of us fellow humanitarians did to protest this came to fruition! Governer Greitens issued Marcellus's stay of execution. Subsequently, Governor Greitens has created a five person board of inquiry to review the case and all the evidence all over again to determine if Marcellus Williams is granted clemency. You could find the article here: CNN Marcellus Williams stay of execution.  This isn't the first time a horrific egregious act in the criminal justice system has occured. This is an old story that so many inmates on death row are being put to death for a crime they didn't commit. Could you imagine how many were executed already that were innocent? And in a state like Missouri, you could imagine how racist everyone is, especially when the victim was a white woman and the supposed criminal was a black man. After discovering so many supporters like myself to petition and do everything in our power to get this innocent man off of death row, my faith in humanity has been restored. I was so impressed and euphoric that people still do care out there and the outpour of the petition that everyone was signing to Governer Greitens, all of the news coverage on CNN and people plastering this all over their social media to spread the word that this has to be stopped along with people traveling great distances to protest in the courthouse in Missouri. It's very hard not to feel bitter and cynical about the world these days, there is so much hate going on and wars mostly about religion and race that after I discovered how many people fought tooth and nail to save an innocent man's life, I must say my faith in humanity is definitely restored. I want to say thank you for supporting us and thank you for making me believe in altruistic people and that human beings still exist on this planet and have a heart. I hope against hope that Marcellus will be totally exonerated of a crime that he did not commit.