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.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block the execution of Marcellus Williams, who in 2001 was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1998 stabbing murder of Felicia Gayle. None of the forensic ...

A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence was put to death Tuesday evening for killing his ...

The Supreme Court allowed Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams on Tuesday for a 2003 murder, which he maintained he did not commit.

Earlier efforts to halt the execution were denied Monday by the Missouri Supreme Court and Republican Gov. Mike Parson. His execution is the third in Missouri this year, and among five taking place ...

Two men on death row in the United States were executed Tuesday, including a Black man convicted of murder who had maintained ...

Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of ...

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

DNA evidence found on the murder weapon does not match that of Marcellus Williams, who is slated to be put to death Tuesday.

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