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

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

Missouri executed death row inmate Marcellus Williams despite efforts by his attorneys to delay the execution, which the ...

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

Williams was executed despite pleas for clemency from prosecutors and family members of murder victim Felicia Gayle.

A judge accepted a plea of no contest last month which would have spared Marcellus Williams’ life, but that deal was scuttled ...

Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.

Bonne Terre, a city in Francois County about 60 miles southwest of St. Louis. Williams was convicted of ...

Three cases remain before the U.S. Supreme Court. One was brought by St. Louis County prosecutors, who do not support ...

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams has been executed despite admissions from a prosecutor’s office claiming his ...

Missouri is set to execute 55-year-old Marcellus Williams on Tuesday despite opposition from the state’s prosecuting attorney ...