## Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

Authored by theguardian.com

Missouri executed a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who sought to have his conviction overturned and have supported his claims of innocence.

Williams was convicted of the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former St Louis Post-Dispatch reporter.

He was days away from execution in January 2015 when the Missouri state supreme court granted his attorneys more time for DNA testing.

In January, Wesley Bell, the Democratic prosecuting attorney in St Louis who has championed criminal justice reforms, filed a motion to overturn Williams’s conviction.

None of that physical evidence can be tied to Mr Williams,” his office wrote, adding: “New evidence suggests that Mr Williams is actually innocent.”

Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush said the state had failed Williams, adding: “We have a moral imperative to abolish this racist and inhumane practice.”

And Bell said: “Marcellus Williams should be alive … This outcome did not serve the interests of justice.”. »

### Ohio residents flock to Springfield’s Haitian restaurants: ‘They are family’

Authored by theguardian.com

Outside, cars with plates from Georgia, Wisconsin and Indiana – diners who’ve stopped off a nearby highway to show support for the Haitian community – fill the parking lot.

“I just stayed a little bit to help them, and then the next day I came because they are family.”.

And the outpouring of support aimed at countering Trump’s damaging comments hasn’t been limited to volunteering. »

### God of War Ragnarok Mod Removes Controversial PSN Requirement — and Its Creator Has Vowed to Maintain It

Authored by ign.com

But because the mod removes the PSN overlay from the game and mimicks an offline mode in the process, it's being used to bypass the PSN / Steam account linking requirement.

In a post on Nexus Mods, iArtorias vowed to maintain their mod even if Sony updates God of War Ragnarok to combat it.

iArtorias' mod lets players bypass God of War Ragnarok’s PSN account linking requirement. »

### Who is Dr. Jay Varma? All about NYC's former COVID Czar who hosted drug-fueled sex parties during lockdown

Authored by themirror.com

All about NYC's former COVID Czar who hosted drug-fueled sex parties during lockdown.

New York City's ex-Covid czar was fired from his position about a week after he inadvertently admitted to hosting scandalous drug-ridden sex parties and attending secret raves during quarantine in 2020.

“I had to be kind of sneaky about it because I was running the entire COVID response in the city.”. »

### Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law

Authored by channelnewsasia.com

BANGKOK: The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday (Sep 24), making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the biggest place in Asia to recognise marriage equality.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn gave royal assent to the new law, passed by parliament in June, which will take effect in 120 days - meaning the first weddings are expected to take place in January.

The law on marriage now uses gender-neutral terms in place of "men", "women", "husbands" and "wives", and also grants adoption and inheritance rights to same-sex couples. »

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