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

If carried out as planned, the executions will mark the first time in more than 20 years that five executions were held in ...

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

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

Just a few hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal, Missouri officials executed Marcellus Williams ...

Marcellus Williams, convicted of murdering Lisha Gayle in 1998, was executed in Missouri despite objections from the victim's ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for breaking into a woman’s home and killing her, despite calls by her ...

Marcellus Williams' attorneys have said that his DNA wasn't found on the murder weapon and that his jury trial was unfair.

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

Gayle, 42, was a social worker and former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. Prosecutors at Williams’ trial said he broke into ...