Marcellus Williams, convicted of killing Lisha Gayle in 1998, faced execution despite the victim’s family and prosecutor ...

Prosecutors and the victim’s family urged that he be spared based on DNA evidence showing that Williams was in fact innocent.

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in ...

If this week’s remaining executions are completed, the United States will have reached 1,600 executions since the death ...

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor’s ...

The 55-year-old was sentenced to death in 2001 for killing Felicia Gayle, a former newspaper reporter found dead in her gated ...

In response to the final refusal on the part of the Missouri State Supreme Court to stay the execution on Sept 23 , protests ...

Marcellus Williams had always maintained that he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of a former St. Louis ...

A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections ...

If carried out as planned, the executions will mark the first time in more than 20 years that five executions were held in ...

Prosecutors and family members of the victim had asked for a halt to Williams' execution sentence. He died by lethal injection Tuesday evening.

A Missouri man has been executed for the 1998 fatal stabbing of a woman despite calls by her family and the prosecutor's ...