Following the court's ruling, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed the state will carry out Williams' execution on Tuesday.

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

Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday. Around the nation and world, his death was met with condemnation.

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

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

Missouri Gov. Parson is ordering U.S., state flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Kansas City Fire Department firefighter ...

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

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the state will move forward with plans to execute Marcellus Williams at 6 pm local ...

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