Missouri's top court and governor have each rejected requests to cancel a Missouri man's scheduled lethal injection. Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the

Attorneys for Marcellus Williams said if his execution proceeds, it will be the first time in Missouri that an execution has been opposed by the prosecutor and the victim’s family.

The Missouri Supreme Court will not stop the execution of Marcellus Williams. In a decision handed down this afternoon, judges said they saw no reason to send the case back to a judge to hear claims from Williams’ attorneys that prosecutors in the original trial had improperly struck jurors solely because of their race.

The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear last-minute arguments on Monday to consider the death row case of Marcellus Williams, just one day before his scheduled execution. Oral arguments are set to take place Monday morning before the Missouri Supreme Court as Williams' attorneys fight to halt his execution.

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.

Marcellus Williams' lawyer focused on what he said was a prosecutor's admission that he illegally struck at least one juror because of his race in the original trial.

Williams is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle. His attorneys have launched multiple legal battles in an attempt to save his life.

Marcellus Williams' lawyers urge the Missouri Supreme Court to stay the execution scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24, amid new DNA evidence suggesting innocence.