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 ...

A Missouri man convicted of murdering a woman in 1998 was executed Tuesday despite her family's calls to spare his life.

It’s encouraging to see this many people out here, but it’s also discouraging to think that we’re still doing this,” one ...

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

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 ...

A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for breaking into a woman’s home and killing her, despite calls by her family to let him ...

Missouri executed Marcellus Williams despite evidence casting doubt on his guilt. The family of the victim and the prosecutor expressed concerns about the trial's integrity. Nevertheless, all legal ...

Marcellus Williams was executed by Missouri on Tuesday evening for the 1998 murder of journalist despite objections from his ...

From legal challenges to clemency from the governor, here are the ways Missouri inmates can attempt to get off death row.

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