ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Tomorrow, a St. Louis County judge could determine the fate of a death row inmate.
Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the murder of St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle.
Early this year, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell filed a motion to overturn his conviction, citing there's no DNA evidence tying him to the crime.
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Just last week, Bell also called for an affidavit from Gayle's husband to be tossed. He said the content in the affidavit is speculation and should not be admissible.
Williams isn't the only local man who has been behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit.
A St. Louis man who was wrongly convicted and later exonerated is now working to support others who may be in the same position.
St. Louis native Obie Anthony founded the nonprofit Exonerated Nation. Anthony was released from prison in 2011 after being charged with murder and robbery in 1995.
He's now dedicating his life to helping those who have been wrongfully convicted.
"You never get over the trauma," Anthony said.
At a recent fundraiser in Lake St. Louis, Anthony's organization helped provide mental health, housing and employment resources to people who have just gotten out of prison.
"I tell people all the time, I try to make a joke about it that prison made me into a big old softie," Anthony said. "I'm like Winnie the Pooh now. They raise honey and I start crying because of the trauma I went through. This is one part of it I can not shake."
Former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson is now active with Exonerated Nation after being the attorney who worked on Anthony's case.
"As lawyers we can help get people out of prison," Levenson said. "But it's putting together the rest of their lives that really matters. Don't forget, people have had decades taken away from them. They don't have any social services, they don't have a job, they don't have mental health treatment."
People like Johnny Briscoe who spent 23 years in a Missouri prison for a 1983 rape he didn't commit.
"It's really hard because here you are being released from a prison system that you done spent half your life in," Briscoe said. "Then to come out to a society that you once knew. It's hard for you to find your place."
Anthony and Briscoe said they're well aware of the Marcellus Williams case and will be following it closely over the next few weeks.
If you're interested in donating to Exonerated Nation and their $50,000 goal, click the link here.