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

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

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

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

Williams had long proclaimed he was innocent in the 1998 fatal stabbing of Felicia Gayle in a St Louis, Missouri, suburb.

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

Barring a last-minute intervention by Missouri’s governor or the courts, Marcellus Williams will be executed despite ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction ...

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state ...

Three cases remain before the U.S. Supreme Court. One was brought by St. Louis County prosecutors, who do not support ...

The three cases presented to the court were his last chance at avoiding lethal injection. On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike ...