Marcellus Williams died by lethal injection on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. CT. for the 1998 stabbing death of newspaper reporter ...

The Supreme Court allowed Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams on Tuesday for a 2003 murder, which he maintained he did not commit.

Citing opposition to the death penalty and doubts about Williams’ guilt, a local and national outcry did not stop the ...

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In the aftermath of Williams’ execution there has been an outcry from the public due to the doubts over his conviction, ...

The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Tuesday despite petitions for clemency, spurring anger and sadness in ...

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The execution came despite one of the prosecutors in the case saying that Williams' life should be spared because DNA did not connect him to the case.

Williams maintained that he was innocent in the 1998 killing of Felicia Gayle. No forensic evidence linked him to the murder, ...

Williams, who was convicted of the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, was put to death by lethal injection at 6:10 pm CT on ...

Missouri – Missouri carried out its third execution of the year yesterday, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Marcellus Williams was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and ...

Missouri carried out the execution on Tuesday of a man whose capital conviction had been marred by controversy over insufficient evidence, compromised witness testimony, and racial discrimination.