The Murder Of Stacy Errickson: Marcel Williams On Death Row 

Oh please! I'm so sick of these criminals using growing up poor, abused etc as an excuse!!!!! Not all people who grew up this way become KILLERS!!!! Face up to what you did!!! Growing up poor is NO excuse! Saying you're sorry doesn't change what you did!!!

i was severly abused as a child, my father even went to jail for it. my life has been hard but i would never take it out on an innocent person. imagine how scared stacy was in her final moments! he gets an easy, painless death and i don t feel bad for him at all. we all make choices in life and we have to live with the consequences. i think justice was served.

it's horrible how they all pity Marcel, who'd been legally sentenced to death for what he did, and no one even mentions Stacy or her family and their suffering. abolitionists' logic amuses me sometimes.

What scares me the most is the fact that no where is really safe. One can easily become a victim. No one wants to die like that nor do they deserve to. God protect us all.

He may have been a victim at one point in his life, but once he victimizes another person he is no longer a victim and that is not an adequate defense. He was rightfully executed.

Nice work bbc please continue the Death row/ penalty series

Atleast he got forgiveness before his death.

I love it how so many are concern over the criminal's right than those of the victim. They're going to experience burning, difficulty breathing....what about what the victims felt when they were stabbed or shot or raped, etc?

I love how they act like it's terrible that he was scentenced for what he did and act like they should take into account how his life was growing up. He was a grown man, no matter how horrible your childhood was that doesn't make it ok to rape and kill someone. It also does not mean that, that person should get off easy.

I always love when the defense says " yea he did this horrendous awful thing and beat raped tortured and killed another human but they don't deserve to die!" Well I'm sure as hell the victim they killed didn't either but they didnt get that choice to live.....

Its sad that he had a terrible child hood, but you cant let that define who you are and guide your choices. Put him down

The witness who got away made me cry when she was talking. 😪

3:24 What's even more amazing is that he wants to live, even if it's just in solitary confinement for the rest of his life. Knowing what he did to these women, this shows, even more, what kind of person he is.

“I forgive you Mr. Williams.” Sent chills down my spine

The death sentence should be a DETERRENT to anyone who thinks of committing a vicious crime such as this. As you can see, he's scared trying to fight for his life. That is the point. If he would've thought of how he'd be fighting for his life before he committed the crime, he and his victim would still be alive. The problem is, is that they always think they aren't ever going to be caught and when they are, they can't believe they're facing the death penalty. Honestly, I don't understand why they don't teach this fact in school before they become teenagers/ adults that start committing these horrible crimes.

It has nothing to do with how anyone was brought up. My fiance went thru a ton of abuse.hes the kindest sweetest man ive ever met. He protects me to the fullest.

I was trying to feel bad for the guy... Oh, who am I kidding? Ask the victim if she thinks he should be executed or not. What? She can't because he murdered her? Then, goodbye Mr. Williams.

Why would be find satisfaction on abusing people who did not abuse them...If you mom or dad abused you kill them not people from the street and cry sorry when you are caught.

It amazes me how much sympathy and empathy go to murders his attorney really cried for him..... eventhough an actual victim who got away by the skin of her teeth showed up and testified. Whether she was forgiving or not that was proof right there of what he did.....

He tried it to do it again????

Some people give up their right to live among civilized society. We're not talking about an environment like civil war and ambiguous ideological crimes, but rape, robbery and cold blooded murder. Unambiguous. Very clear.

Keep using Midazolam even if it does not works. Why care about the well being of this murderers. did they care bout the victims.?

why do these thugs always blame everyone else for their circumstances for their crimes. There is no excuse for what he did and he and he alone is responsible for his actions.

So, so, so what! I lived that kind of life, and now I am an educated woman with a great career. No excuse!

Um he seems to have been somewhat of a serial rapist?? I don't care about your background mate. He is a piece of excrement and I'm glad they didn't commute his sentence to life in prison. If he was really sorry about taking a life he would accept his sentence and offer his life graciously and not waste government resources. His victim doesn't get another chance at life, neither should he.

“Knew nothing about him other than the FACTS and circumstances of his crime” 😂

They always sorry whenever they face the music to die

Violence like murder always roots in violence. The abused abuse. I feel very sorry for him and the loved ones of his victim.

This one actually brought some tears up

0:00 4:16 Look at him crying for his client, and apologizing that he didn't protected him. You would think that he was crying for the victims.

I think he was more scared of the fact that he was going to end up in a pit of fire after he was executed.

I grew up in Eastern Europe, I was raped as a child and as a teen by men, I had a broken home, I changed schools every year, we had no food, all was physical and mental abuse but I didn't turn to crime I became a paramedic to help people, my two kids have never been yelled at and never hit with anything! I chose to be the opposite of my family style of razing kids, even as I'm a single dad with two great kids I feel blessed every day, I reject the argument that I kill because I had a bad child hood and was raped, this is no excuse, look at all the war veterans that killed in the line of duty 99% are good and kind.

Conclusion, yes he suffered poverty and child abuse, but that doesn't mean he can kidnap rape and murder someone, every person who commits a crime is sorry after they get caught so, I understand he is sorry but eye for eye justice was served.

Wow

A life for a life, it is completely fair.

I was abused as a child.... still haven't kidnapped or raped anyone js

Why does life have to be this way!

Never ever ever is the death sentence a moral decision. "I forgive you mr Williams" .... so powerful.

if his mother beat him killing her may be understood. ALL these other excuses are bogus. We all have consequences for our actions. If you kill people... don't be a coward when it's you in the receiving end of a forced death

Actions = consequence's

He deserves everything.

When the perpetrator commits murder with AGGRAVATED circumstances he should be put to death, period. In my opinion. there are NO mitigating circumstances for life with OR without parole. To even suggest that we show mercy is ludicrous!! He showed no mercy, put proved his evil, and death IS justice, put the real sentence begins when he has to stand before God. It is he that will deliver vengeance for his crime.

If these people were treated so badly one would think that they would not be as they are.

I think the ultimate justice is rotting away in a cell for the rest of there life, cheaper then death and then the victims families NEVER EVER EVER have to see or hear from him again. Instead of all the appeals ect that put the family through even more agony😔

a lot of people have difficult, hard, sad lives while growing up. but not all of them grow up to rapists or murderers. he did not care about that young woman. he had no compassion for her. why should he be given a second chance when he did not give one to the victim. if I had a choice all those rapists and murderers will be put down, but no before being tortured in the worst way possible.

It's so sad that everyone is so worried about doing RIGHT for the ANIMALS THAT TOOK AN INNOCENT PERSONS LIFE ! ITS TRUE THAT A CRIMINALS RIGHTS TAKE AWAY THE VICTIMS RIGHTS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MOMENT THEY ARE PUT TO DEATH,,,,,,,SICKENING! THE VICTIMS ARE BARELY EVEN MENTIONED WHILE EVERYONE CRIES FOR THE ACCUSED ! SOME SAY THEY ARE SORRY,,,YES,,,THEY ARE SORRY THEY ARE GOING TO DIE BUT THEY CHOSE THAT ROAD. MORE ATTENTION MADE ABOUT HOW THESE BASTEREDS ARE PUT TO DEATH THAN THE SICKENING WAY THEY KILLED THEIR PREY,,,,,IT MAKES ME SICK !!!!!!!! WHO CARES IF THESE ANIMALS ARE IN PAIN OR NOT WHEN THEY DIE,,,THEY WERENT CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INNOCENT VICTIM THEY SLAUGHTERED!!!!!!!

He said, "...down for the dope fiend."* Not, "...down for the obscene." Seriously smh.

It all about the killer. These bleeding hearts do not seem to care about the victims at all

I am glad I am living in Europe ....

Wtf I have no sympathy for him and she should be ashamed of herself for even speaking on his behalf. A GIRL DIED… she lost her ONLY chance at life and you have the nerve to defend him…. Smh 💔

3:43 That was so powerful. That woman is inspiring!

The forgiveness statement from the survivor cut deeper than any method of execution.

I like how not have a father doesn't mean anything, until they need to use it as a defense.

I can't watch this. It's makes my skin crawl

Herzog has in my opinion the best documentaries on death row cases.They are on You Tube.I watched this one as well,it was extremely good(it is in 4 parts). Coming from a different culture and country I am against death penalty,i am not sure how we as the civilized society should sit and watch someone die. I feel a life behind bars is the best. And no. Death penalty is not cheaper than life in prison,i am tired of reading this bullshit,a trial for capital murder can cost even 5 million dollars(there was a case that costed 7 million dollars,i am sure would be better for scholarships or public health). p.sEnglish is not my first language,sorry for any mistakes.

Sorry but why should he live when he raped and murdered an innocent person? Explain the logic in that. Yeah, we do all sin. And although I respect what his previous victim said, this is life. He made the conscious decision to hurt someone and take their life, and he had to answer to those mistakes.

“I forgive you Mr Williams.” That is one of the most powerful things I have heard from a victim. I understand that what he did was wrong and he does deserve a punishment but I have the unpopular opinion that death sentence is wrong. Killing a man just for the sake of killing him because the resources were limited is disgusting. Comment what you want and try to argue with me but I will forever feel that death sentence is wrong. I’m not saying what he did was ok, he took a woman away from her family, but I am saying death sentence was not the only option in this situation and it certainly wasn’t the right one.

Well done.

How the hell did the defence get that poor woman to forgive him? May they burn in hell just for that.

Never knew his father. That's like 90% of some groups, but 90% don't murder.

Unreal....why would you wanna live in prison?

Watched the full episode last night on bbc2 uk 9pm found it very very good but also very very sad keep up the great work BBC Three

Damn the victim @!! God bless her

if he was beating by his mother and raped by a gang of men surely he knows the pain and hurt it causes so why do it to someone else no excuse rot in hell

They should have called it the purge. Idk why

Short changed in life? Aren't we all..but we don't all do what he did.

I grew up as my brothers would say in an horrendous household but that does not give you right to take peoples lives it’s an excuse that some people use it’s bs a lot of people grew up in bad homes bad parents but made something of themselves I never killed anyone neither did any of my siblings it’s bs

let the punishment be the same as the crime.the death penalty has to remain in place.

It's more humane to execute than life in prison

The death penalty is wrong. Plain and simple. No one person's story is like another's whether they had a good or bad childhood so no one has the right to decide to end someone else's life. In killing criminals society becomes as bad as the murderers they are trying to convict; either all human life is sacred or no human life is. The prison system, especially in the US where life means life, provides adequate punishment and suffering for criminals without any valid need for the death penalty.

You know you guys kill me with this s*** about how abusive their childhoods work a lot of people had abusive childhood I had not so good of a childhood but it didn't make me grow up to be a murderer or rapist a kidnapper didn't make me do any of those things. With that bulshit if he did this crime when he deserves the death penalty no if ands or buts about it

Ive sinned but I've never raped, beat or murdered anyone

If you kill someone, guess what.............BYE!

She took somebody's daughter.... Somebody's baby.....

Wow!!!!

Remember Ronald Phillips who was 4 years old in 1978 who was sexually abused by his Father.

The crime where he was raped by a group of men while in prison where he was still a child would leave terrible terrible scars on any child. There would have been no trauma treatment for him after he was torn apart so brutally. How would you feel if that happened to your child? His mother beat any self esteem or love out of him. A child growing up in any home where there is no love or protection causes young minds to fracture. He becomes the unloved and unlovable. I dont condone what he did to his victim. But leaving children in the circumstances and the extreme poverty that he lived in does not produce a stable well adjusted young men or women. He would see the world as a horrific place. Putting children younger than 20 years old in prison is criminal on its own. Now If the prison does not protect them from these terrible abusive attacks then the prison needs to be held to account. The attack on him in prison is not counted. So therefore he didnt count as a human being. That is the message he got loud and clear. So the prison system needs to change. He was a poor poor soul.. Judges and prisons need to know that when young people are jailed, they come out so much worse than when they went in. They create more damaged humans. That is not rehabilitation! So he comes out and kills someone. Its inevitable. You can be 'sick of hearing prisoners say that they were beaten and sexually abused' But if you honestly think that it doesn't effect and change those victims, those human beings. ............ Then you need your heads examined!!

*Wow her facing him and forgiving him.... imagine if that was you?! That's some powerful stuff!!*

I'm not judging anybody...but i always wonder how convicted murderer's defence attornys always brings up things like poverty and child abuse

My parents are both from Eastern Europe, they would WHIP the shit out of me with belts and electric cords. Once I got suspended in the 6th grade and my father was straight BACKHANDING me in the principals office and he told the old man he couldn't hit me like that (1994) my dad turned around and told the principal to shut his mouth before he disciplines him. My father and mother were both non-drinkers, never committed crimes but they beat the shit out of me and my sis if we got out of hand. I never killed anyone and more importantly I wouldn't change a thing about how they disciplined me. Kids are pampered these days and that is why you have school shootings and all this nonsense going on in the world.

Of all the people who have got the ultimate punishment it’s him and kennith Williams are the only ones who admitted there guilt and apologized

For s victim to come face to face with their accuser and to forgive him with words of encouragement is deep... Damn I felt that! But that ain't have nothing to do with the body they dug up and them folks ain't care about none of that, they stuff needed to be used before it expired... wow

Usual suspect again... R.I.P. Stacy

If they didn’t think abt killing him before they realised that their drugs were expiring, then I think the life sentence makes more sense and is less controversial

3:17 He looks like he's the victim, here.

A rapist deserves nothing but to be tortured to death. I'm happy for his victim if she feels she is past that point of her life but he gave up his right to live when he decided to rape someone. All rapists should be put to death immediately in my opinion, and not in such a peaceful way.

Sorry lots of kids grow up in poverty without fathers, in extreme abusive situations and do not rape kidnap and murder. No excuses.

I can believe that judge is crying. Judges have feelings. Its not all about business. In the end. Its out of judges hands. Jury will decide the faith of an individual who had been convicted of homicide. No one was there for him to teach him right from wrong. He was a victim himself, perhaps the minute that he was born.

Yeah the forgiveness not coming to easily for me

Yes America is about half a century behind when it comes to this issue, Texas is at least a full century behind. You need to put more money into helping people with psychological problems, more money into rehabilitation of your youth and more money into things like addiction programs and homelessness, instead of spending it on false wars and space programs !

These people kill and then want to play innocent and want people to feel bad for them.

Defense is spelled wrong.04:27

So?

When I see that murderers receive a death penalty, honestly, I feel like they got what they deserved. At the same time I feel like that is just based off of emotion and not the law. If someone is human they have human rights, no matter what, because the only qualification for human rights is to be human. To argue that he's a monster is just emotion. He is a human. Well, was. You can't say some humans get rights and some don't because then human rights don't really exist. If I believe anything, it's in human rights. At the same time I do feel relief when I see a very evil person get the death penalty. I don't think it should be legal though because it's a violation of human rights. He should have gotten life in prison.

It's another sad day, another sad case?

Lot of people come from broken home where mother and father beat up on there child where is the law not helping a child?

Atleast he admits his guilt unlike the other cowards

4:01 she is powerfull

She was blessed with success

Let’s remember these aren’t angels that are being killed these are people who’ve taken others lives. I believe in justice, they’re lucky they get a humane way to die. Their victims didn’t get to choose a peaceful way out. So the death penalty isn’t so bad when you compare the two is it?