Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Felicia “Lisha” Gayle, ... and the Missouri Supreme Court on Monday rejected requests to halt the execution.

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt Tuesday ... Marcellus Williams legal team via CNN Newsource Marcellus Williams is set to be executed September 24 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle. By ...

Williams was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Gayle was stabbed over 40 times with a butcher's knife taken from her kitchen in ...

Just days before that, the Missouri Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to allow for more DNA testing. The murder weapon, a knife left in Ms Gayle's body at the scene, had not been tested ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied a request to halt Tuesday's pending execution of Marcellus Williams as prosecutors filed to vacate his conviction for the 1998 murder ...

Missouri Missouri's Supreme Court, governor reject calls to stop execution of man convicted for 1998 murder Marcellus Williams, 55, is set to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Marcellus Williams shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to delay the execution. The state Department of Corrections said he was ...

The execution of a Missouri man convicted in a 1998 murder of a social worker is set to proceed as planned on Tuesday after the state’s Supreme Court and governor denied repeated requests to ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have resentenced death row inmate Marcellus Williams to life without ... has long maintained he did not murder Felicia Gayle, ...

In Missouri, the attorney general can request execution but the state Supreme Court sets the dates. Felicia Gayle’s nickname, Lisha, also was misspelled in the article and a headline. The ...

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt Tuesday’s ... Marcellus Williams legal team via CNN Newsource Marcellus Williams is set to be executed September 24 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle.

Just days before that, the Missouri Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to allow for more DNA testing. The murder weapon, a knife left in Ms Gayle's body at the scene, had not been tested ...