A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his ...

In 2014, he was chosen as the imam for his fellow prisoners at the Potosi Correctional Center, where Missouri houses its ...

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams is expected to be resentenced to life without parole under a consent judgment ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the end of his life approaching, Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was offered an opportunity to make a final statement to the world. His words were ...

Newly released prison video of a Black Missouri man who prosecutors say was killed by guards show almost 10 minutes passed ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Marcellus Williams are pointing to contaminated murder weapon and no sign of the convicted man's DNA in the hopes of sparing their client from execution next month.

(AP) — A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed ... Gayle's family and the prosecutor's office that put Williams on death row — an unprecedented combination. “The family defines closure ...

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

In a defensively dominated showdown, Missouri’s “Death Row Defense” provided just the right ingredients for an improbable ...

Felony charges have been filed against five former corrections officers at the facility in relation to the incident.

Drew Pyne was given a nearly impossible task when he was asked to replace Brady Cook against both Auburn and Alabama. He had ...