Last August, former Gov. Eric Greitens blocked Williams’ execution hours before the procedure could have been carried out. He instead ordered the creation of a Board of Inquiry to consider whether Williams should be put to death. Greitens cited inconclusive DNA evidence prompting him to stop the execution.
During a press conference today in Jefferson City, Cassandra Gould, a Jefferson City pastor and executive director of Missouri Faith Voices, tells reporters she is crying out for justice.
“There are countless pools of blood that have been crying out from the ground all over America and especially in Missouri, from particularly innocent black men who are so easily convicted and so easily sentenced to death,” Gould says.
