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 ...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to spare the life of Williams, who spent nearly a quarter-century on Missouri’s death ...

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

Marcellus Williams, who spent more than two decades on Missouri’s death row convicted of a 1998 murder that he says he did not commit, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening after a lengthy and ...

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

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The high court’s rejection ensured Marcellus Williams' execution without resolving a state investigation into his innocence ...

Missouri has carried out its third execution of the year. At 6:10 p.m., Marcellus Williams was pronounced dead at the Eastern ...

Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of a 1998 murder in suburban St. Louis, maintained he was innocent. But the courts and the governor were not persuaded.

Despite objections from the St. Louis County prosecutor's office, jurors involved in his trial, and the victim's family, ...

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor in light of what he described as new evidence, ...