Inside the Tragic Life and Controversial Execution of Marcellus Williams
The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...
Missouri death row inmate expected to be resentenced to life without parole under new agreement
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams is expected ... before he was scheduled to be put to death for the 1998 murder ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan16dOpinion
Opinion | The death penalty needs to be abolished, not revived
In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...
Opinion
Jurist5dOpinion
The Death Penalty Perpetuates America’s Legacy of Anti-Black Violence
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 ...
World Socialist Web Site28d
Roberson’s execution is delayed, but the grim process of US state executions continues
As the seconds and minutes ticked away and this process played out, Roberson sat in his jail cell on death row ... of the 1998 murder of St. Louis reporter Felicia Gayle. None of the physical ...
The Dartmouth24d
Student organizations hold vigil for Marcellus Williams
Williams spent 20 years on death row after being found guilty in 2003 of killing Felicia Gayle ... connecting Williams to the murder weapon after new testing was conducted in 2016. The original ...
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Court weighs death penalty 2 years after University of Idaho murders
RELATED: Prosecutors will seek death penalty for University of Idaho murder case Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler pushed ...
The Mirror26d
Death row inmate convicted of murdering baby has execution stopped over 'shaky evidence'
A death row inmate convicted of murdering a baby saw ... would have become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
The Mirror26d
Death Row killer Derrick Dearman executed for slaughtering 5 people with axe and gun in drug frenzy
A Death Row killer who brutally murdered five people ... were the victims of the brutal murder on August 20, 2016, at a home near Citronelle, about 33 miles (53km) north of Mobile.
USA Today27d
Derrick Dearman executed in Alabama for murder of girlfriend's 5 family members
Dearman, who had been on death row since 2018, wrote a series of letters ... unanimously recommended a death sentence in 2018 for the murder of all five family members. Dearman, who had a ...
WLWT29d
Man sentenced to death row for murder of 10-year-old girl asks for new trial
A man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 10-year-old girl is asking for a new trial more than 30 years after he was sentenced to death row.Jeffery Wogenstahl contends he was denied access to ...
New York Post28d
Texas father’s execution for murder of 2-year-old daughter could be first in US over shaken baby syndrome after judge’s ruling
A Texas judge has upheld the execution of a father convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter — despite a growing number of voices, including the detective who helped send him to death row ...