For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

24 in Missouri despite protests from the case’s prosecutors and the victim’s family, according to the Associated Press. Williams spent 20 years on death row after being found guilty in 2003 of killing ...

The victim, Felicia Gayle was found stabbed to death in ... the Attorney General then got special permission from the Supreme Court of Missouri, for a writ of prohibition, which undermined the ...

Williams was first arrested in 1998 and charged for the first-degree murder of 42-year-old Felicia “Lisha” Anne Gayle ... “Marcellus’ execution is not necessary.” However, the Missouri Supreme Court ...

The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to delay the execution. Williams was originally charged with the 1998 murder of Felicia ...

This ruling was in turn appealed by the legislators to the Texas Supreme Court, which handed ... was innocent of the 1998 murder of St. Louis reporter Felicia Gayle. None of the physical evidence ...

Two Missouri Supreme Court judges will appear on the 2024 ballot for voters to consider their retention. If retained, the judges will serve for another 12 years before their next election in 2036.

Unlike many other states, Missouri does not directly elect members of its Supreme Court. And to some experts, that’s a good thing. The system of judge retention elections — rather than ...

Broniec and Judge Ginger K. Gooch on the Missouri Supreme Court. In a rare occurrence, both judges were appointed in the same year and will, therefore, be placed on the November ballot ...