On August 22nd, 2017, hours before his scheduled execution, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens enacted a stay and ordered a board of inquiry to look into Williams’ case. Last June, the new Gov. Mike Parson lifted the stay and dissolved the board, claiming that another six-year delay would defer justice and leave the victim’s family in “limbo.”
“If we don’t let the state murder this innocent black man, how can the family of someone else’s victim move on?”
“If we don’t let the state murder this innocent black man, how can the family of someone else’s victim move on?”