A death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence in a 1998 murder is making a last ditch plea for a stay of execution.Attorneys for Marcellus Williams, 55, who was convicted in 2001 of first-degree murder in the death of former newspaper reporter Felicia Gayle, petitioned the US to halt his death by lethal injection scheduled for September 24.They argued in court documents that Williams' right to due process was trampled upon when Republican Missouri Gov. Michael Parson abruptly terminated an investigation into Williams' case.
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