Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a ...

The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the victim’s family asking that he be spared. Did he die an innocent man?

“The state of Missouri and our nation's legal system failed Marcellus Williams, and as long as we uphold the death penalty, ...

Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row. Williams, who had two previous executions stayed, maintained he was ...

The execution is opposed both by Gayle's family and the prosecutor's office that put Williams on death row — an unprecedented combination. “The family defines closure as Marcellus being ...

(CNN) — Marcellus Williams ... The 55-year-old was put to death around 6 p.m. CT at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Williams’ attorneys had filed a flurry of appeal efforts based on what ...

who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

NEW YORK — Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who was found brutally stabbed in ...

A death row inmate has been executed for the murder of a woman during a home invasion — despite the prosecutor, victim’s family and Richard Branson calling for his life to be spared.

The NAACP is opposed to the death penalty. “Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must die. And any Black man ...

On Oct. 15, the Afro-American society, Al-Nur Muslim Student Association, Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective and Spare Rib Magazine held a vigil for Marcellus Williams ... Associated Press.