Busta is speaking out after Marcellus Williams was executed on September 24th after spending more than two decades on death row.
Williams died by lethal injection on September 24 at 6 p.m. CT. He was convicted of the brutal murder of journalist Felicia Gayle in August 1998. Williams maintained his innocence and had two previous executions stayed. However, an attempt to exonerate him based on DNA evidence failed, per multiple reports. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution amid an outpouring of support, including from the local prosecutor from the office that convicted him. The NAACP was among Williams’ supporters and described the execution as a lynching. The St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office convicted Williams but would later support his claims of innocence, agreeing there was no forensic evidence linking him to the murder.
Hours before the execution, Busta Rhymes shared a plea to save Williams’ life, arguing his innocence. After the Supreme Court ruling, Busta made another post branding the execution an “Unfathomable Travesty.”
