Mike Milton says he organized, knocked doors, sent text messages in support of Bells 2018 campaign.
Instead, Milton says bluntly: Wesley did not meet the promises of a progressive prosecutor.
Criminal justice reform advocates in St. Louis are particularly disappointed with Bells record ondeath penaltycases.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell speaks during a news conference July 30, 2020 in Clayton, Missouri.Chris Kohley/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Bell, by contrast,saidduring his 2018 campaign that he wanted to end the death penalty.
This, the prosecutors declared, is the bare minimum that justice demands of us.
The St. Louis County Circuit Courtwillhear evidence of Williams innocence later this month.
Williams is scheduled to be executed on September 24.
Bell was not there to meet with her.
The people that did talk to me didnt care what I had to say, Deja Taylor tellsRolling Stone.
It wasnt like it was taken into perspective.
They had it in their minds that they were going to execute my dad, and that was final.
And he chose not to stop it.
Considering Bells overall record, Milton says: He just did not meet the need of a progressive prosecutor.
