The Completely Unnecessary Killing of Marcellus Williams

Opening Arguments

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We begin by considering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Israel's recent unprecedented operation against Hezbollah's pagers and walkie-talkies was a violation of international law. Was this one of the most sophisticated military intelligence operations in history or an indiscriminate act of terror?

Did the US Supreme Court just allow Missouri to execute an innocent man? We consider the evidence against Marcellus Williams as well as the many legal and Constitutional issues with his conviction--and just how much blood enemy-of-the-show Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has on his hands in his rush to push forward an execution that the same DA's office which convicted Williams 23 years ago was desperately trying to stop.

Finally, Matt drops a footnote to share his legal strategy for recovering 20 years of his digital life from the largest social media company on the planet. Do you really have to have (or be) a lawyer just to talk to Facebook's managers?

• Revised Statutes of Missouri Sec. 547.031

• St Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s motion to vacate Marcellus Williams’s murder conviction

• Marcellus Williams’s Application for Stay of Execution to the U.S. Supreme Court (9/23/24)

• “How small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline,” Karissa Bell, Endgadget (6/20/240

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