Marcellus Williams, the Missouri death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for nearly 24 years, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, a day after the governor and the state Supreme Court refused to intervene.

Missouri is set Tuesday to execute Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate whose case has spurred several efforts to save his life amid doubts about the evidence presented at his 2001 murder trial and the actions of a trial lawyer in the case.

The state Supreme Court set the order in which the men would be executed with the earliest for a Spartanburg man in October and into March for others

The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear arguments in the case involving Marcellus Williams, the death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence, a day before he is set to be executed.

Attorneys for Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams argued before the court Monday that Williams did not receive a fair criminal trial in part because of the racial makeup of the jury and the fact that the trial prosecutor struck at least one juror in part because of his race,

One day before he’s scheduled to be executed, a Missouri death row inmate (Marcellus Williams) could learn whether his fate will change after the state’s Supreme Court heard arguments in his case Monday.