Executions, Death row
Death row inmate Marcellus Williams executed by lethal injection in Missouri
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle.
Missouri to execute death row inmate after Supreme Court denies last-minute appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal to stop the execution of Marcellus Williams. The 55-year-old was convicted in a 1998 murder. NBC News’ Yasmin Vossoughian details what the court said.
Marcellus Williams executed after two decades on death row
Williams had long proclaimed he was innocent in the 1998 fatal stabbing of Felicia Gayle in a St Louis, Missouri, suburb.
Missouri man executed after two decades on death row
Marcellus Williams had long proclaimed he was innocent in the 1998 fatal stabbing of Felicia Gayle in a St Louis, Missouri, suburb.
Attorneys for Missouri death row inmate seek to stop execution
Missouri is set Tuesday to execute Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate whose case has spurred several efforts to save his life amid doubts about the evidence presented at his 2001 murder trial and the actions of a trial lawyer in the case.
Supreme Court allows Missouri to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams
The Supreme Court is allowing Missouri to proceed with its plan to execute death row inmate Marcellus Williams. The justices on Tuesday rejected two separate appeals to spare Williams’ life,
Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams faces execution today. Prosecutors argue he’s ‘likely innocent’
Williams, 55, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6pm CT on Tuesday for the murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter
Questions surround death row inmate amid scheduled execution
Missouri plans to execute death row prisoner Marcellus Williams on Tuesday. He was convicted of murdering a newspaper reporter in 1998, which he has always denied. But state's governor has said he will not stop the execution,
How a Missouri inmate can get off death row
From legal challenges to clemency from the governor, here are the ways Missouri inmates can attempt to get off death row.
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades.
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the US.
5 executions scheduled in one week in US for first time in more than 20 years
"Two on a single day is unusual, and four on two days in the same week is also very unusual," said Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center.
Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt Tuesday’s execution of a death row inmate who prosecutor says might be innocent
The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson have declined to halt Tuesday’s execution of a death row inmate prosecutors ...
'Very precious:' Baby boy killed by Texas death row inmate Travis James Mullis was loved
Baby Alijah's family never got the chance to see him grow up after he died at the hands of his father. Now Travis James ...
Snoop Dogg and Death Row Sign Publishing Deals With Reservoir Media
Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records have signed new deals with Reservoir, covering the rapper's domestic publishing, as well as the catalog of Death Row.
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US Set To Have Busiest Week On Death Row In 20 Years
A death row inmate who was executed in South Carolina is set to be quickly followed by four others across the U.S., ...
A Missouri death row inmate is set to die today despite maintaining his innocence and efforts to vacate his conviction
Marcellus Williams, the Missouri death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for nearly 24 years, is scheduled to be ...
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Opponents of the death penalty organize statewide walk
North Carolina death penalty opponents will begin a 136-mile walk across the state, to bring attention to those on death row ...
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Indiana to resume executions as convicted serial killer William Clyde Gibson remains on death row
The state of Indiana will begin executing death row inmates later this year, a move that brought renewed interest in the ...
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Back to death row? Retrial verdict due in Japan murder saga
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner hears from a Japanese court on Thursday if he will again face execution or ...