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Inmate tries to prove innocence as execution looms 26 years after murder of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter

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Trial of Lisha Gayle , 55 , is set for Sept. 24 .

Williams was convicted of first -degree murder in 1998 stabbing death of Gayle .

DNA testing showed DNA on the knife matched someone else, not Williams .

Williams is the first death row inmate whose innocence claim will go before a judge since passage of a 2021 law.

later.that police found Gayle 's clothing and her husband's computer in Williams ' car. Prosecutors also cited testimony from Henry Cole , who shared a St. Louis cell with Williams in 1999 while Williams was jailed on unrelated charges. Cole told prosecutors Williams confessed to the killing and offered details about it. Williams ' attorneys responded that the girlfriend and Cole were both convicted felons out for a $ 10,000 reward..