Living under the shadow of an unjust death sentence: The story of Marcellus Williams 

Marcellus Williams is living a legal nightmare straight out of a Kafka story. And just last week, his strange and tragic case took another unexpected turn.  

The overwhelming weight of the evidence points to the conclusion that Williams is the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice, for which he has been sentenced to death. Even the prosecutor’s office, which secured that sentence, now acknowledges this fact.  

Still, on Aug. 21, Williams entered a plea in return for the...